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Guatemalan mayor Castillo Medrano shot dead
Source: BBC
15 January 2013 Last updated at 00:54 GMT
Guatemalan mayor Castillo Medrano shot dead
The mayor of the eastern Guatemalan town of Jutiapa has been shot dead as he waited to have his hair cut at a barber's.
Witnesses say Carlos Enrique Castillo Medrano, 39, was killed by two unidentified men who shot at him six times before escaping on a motorbike.
His death came as President Otto Perez Molina addressed the nation to mark his first year in office and hailed "a historic decline in violence".
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Guatemalan mayor Castillo Medrano shot dead
The mayor of the eastern Guatemalan town of Jutiapa has been shot dead as he waited to have his hair cut at a barber's.
Witnesses say Carlos Enrique Castillo Medrano, 39, was killed by two unidentified men who shot at him six times before escaping on a motorbike.
His death came as President Otto Perez Molina addressed the nation to mark his first year in office and hailed "a historic decline in violence".
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21021581
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