Guatemalan Workers
Protest Violence
Dozens of public
transport workers
blocked the road to El
Salvador for several
hours on Tuesday to
protest extortion and
death threats against
them.
In the last few years,
members of juvenile
gangs have demanded from
businessmen of the
sector up to 50,000
quetzals (about $6,600)
in exchange for not
attacking their buses.
In view of their
impossibility to raise
such an amount, many
transportation workers
choose not to go to work
and organize the
blocking to demand
safety from the
government.
Despite joint
Army/police patrolling,
another driver was
killed by gang members
in Villa Nueva town on
Monday night, bringing
to 11 the number of
fatalities in one week. |
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