Three teenage girls aged 14 to 17, members of the Barrio 18 gang, were arrested in Guatemala's capital while beheading a 15-year-old girl, police said today.
The minors "were discovered while beheading a 15-year-old girl" last Friday night in an apartment building in a northern district of Guatemala City, police spokesman Jorge Aguilar told reporters.
"Police officers patrolling this area heard screams and immediately started looking for which apartment building these calls for help were coming from," Aguilar explained.
"They entered the apartment building at the moment the crime was being committed: one of them was holding the victim and the other was taking videos with her mobile phone," the spokesman added, explaining that, despite the intervention of the police, the victim succumbed on the spot.
So far the motive of the crime has not been known.
The Barrio 18 gang, like its rival, Mara Salvatroucha, specialise in extorting shops and bus companies, murdering employees who refuse to pay the sums they demand.
Gangs and activities linked to drug smuggling account for about 50% of the 3,500 violent deaths recorded each year in Guatemala.
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