Guatemalan lawmaker, 3 police officers killed in armed attack

A Guatemalan ⁠lawmaker and three ⁠police officers were ⁠killed in an armed attack in the eastern department of Zacapa, President Bernardo Arevalo said, condemning the violence and ordering security forces to ‌help identify those responsible. Lawmaker Julio Cesar Portillo Paz was attacked on Friday in Rio Hondo, Zacapa, and initially taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

His death was later confirmed by the ⁠National Unity of Hope party, or UNE, to which he ‌belonged. Arevalo said the three...