Violent Day Claims 17 Guatemalans
In the last 24 hours, Guatemala has endured one of its bloodiest days, in which 17 people were killed, including four women, according to a police report published Friday in Guatemala City.

In southwestern Coatepeque city, six people were riddled with bullets when returning from a funeral. Nearby, in the evening, six others were shot dead while traveling in a van.

To date the police have been unable to link both cases and blame them on gang clashes.

Meanwhile in this capital, a mother and her daughter were murdered by unknown individuals in their own house and another woman was shot dead on the street.

Also in Guatemala City, authorities reported the death of a 23-year-old girl and found the bodies of two men.

Those incidents took place the same day in which a UN team on forced disappearances criticized the present impunity in the Central American nation and the difficulties to advance in the police investigations.