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    Guatemala Welcomes U.S. Help in Gang Crackdown After Prison Break

    President Bernardo Arévalo called an overhaul of his country’s prison system an “absolute priority” after 20 inmates accused of belonging to the Barrio 18 group were found to have escaped undetected.
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    Inmates Make Brazen Escape in Guatemala

    “I’m not going to deny the reality — there’s no good explanation,” the interior minister said of how the 20 inmates had slipped out, perhaps over a period of time.