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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo has declared a 30-day nationwide state of siege after security forces freed dozens of prison guards held hostage by inmates.

It follows a weekend of suspected gang violence that left at least seven police officers dead and another 10 injured in the country’s capital.

The attacks on police in and around Guatemala City came after hundreds of anti-riot police stormed Renovación prison in Escuintla, to free nine guards who had been taken hostage there.

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