DANGEROUS TRIPS * Guatemala - In the midst of deadly bus attacks
City of Guatemala,Guatemala -The Albuquerque News (Albuquerque,NM,USA) -28 July, 2009: -- Guatemala has recently seen numerous attacks on public transport over the matter of protection money... Bus drivers and passengers have all been targeted in the attacks, which have led to the deaths of 139 people over the past six months... Drivers have had their buses boarded by criminals, who have taken all measures to extract money, including the murder of passengers... In the latest attacks, two drivers and one conductor died in southern Guatemala when members of an extortion gang threw grenades onto a bus carrying security guards... The growing wave of attacks is being investigated by police, who have reported the gangs usually try to extract around$85 per week in protection money in order to permit drivers into the city... (AFP - Officials say that bus drivers are being targeted by gangs for their takings)
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