31 die in Guatemala prison riots

Explosions at a makeshift prison for gang members launched near-simultaneous attacks at seven lockups across Guatemala, killing 31 people and displaying the organisational power of Central America’s gangs.

Officials said 31 inmates died in the riots, which Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann said appeared to be co-ordinated attacks by the Mara Salvatrucha gang against a rival gang, MS-18.