State of emergency imposed after gang violence allows police to arrest suspected criminals without judicial order.
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Ten police officers have been killed in a wave of coordinated gangster attacks in Guatemala that began with prison riots in three facilities and fanned out onto the streets of the capital in retribution killings, leading the government to declare a state of emergency.
Officials confirmed late on Monday that a 10th police officer died following the attacks, as the country’s lawmakers approved the 30-day state of emergency that had come into effect the previous day in a near-unanimous vote, according to news agency The Associated Press.
