GUATEMALA CITY ,Guatemala (AFP) — Security forces on Monday launched raids on one of the biggest gangs in Guatemala, arresting 72 suspected members of a cell specializing in extortion, officials said. More than 120 raids were carried out by nearly 300 law enforcement officers and prosecutors in the south, center and northeast of the country. “The operation is focused on fighting the scourge of extortion,” the chief state prosecutor, Thelma Aldana, told a news conference. […]





