Guatemala Security a Mess
Recent crimes in Guatemala show a serious national security failure that call to replace the police and government entire chain of command.

Presidential candidate-to-be Alvaro Colom urged for a probe to find the brains and perpetrators of the murder of three Salvadorans members of the Central American Parliament and a driver, and the assassins later on.

The general secretary of Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE) Party "says it all seems direct responsibility of some officials linked to El Boqueron jail." Colom added that only someone with authority could have reached the policemen involved in the crime, something he defined as serious security flaw.

The brutal murders and following execution of the alleged perpetrators could harm the country"s image and affect relations with El Salvador.

He also asked the government to convene a work table with all three powers of the state (executive, legislative and judiciary), political parties and the Church to stop the situation.

Guatemala reports 16 crimes per day and only in the past two years there has been 10,000 fatalities, so Colom issued a call to stop the bloodbath.