14-y-o boy suspected of killing 3
Published:Wednesday | May 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM
GUATEMALA CITY (AP):
Guatemalan police have arrested a 14-year-old gang member on suspicion of killing two women and a one year-old boy.
The National Civil Police said in a statement yesterday that the teenager was allegedly a member of the Little Psycho Criminal youth wing of the Mara 18 street gang.
The youth had the numbers one and eight tattooed on his arms. He allegedly confronted police with a gun while trying to flee the scene of the killing.
The head of the country's Mental Hygiene League said youths are increasingly being used as cannon fodder by drug cartels and criminal gangs.
Guatemalan police have arrested 634 minors for crimes so far in 2013.