Politician’s aide, guard slain in car
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From Times Wire Reports
A presidential security guard and the secretary of Guatemala’s leading presidential candidate were shot and killed, extending a plague of election-related violence as the country prepares for a runoff vote next month.
The candidate, Otto Perez, blamed organized crime for killing guard Valerio Castanon and secretary Aura Salazar as they sat in a car a block from Congress in Guatemala City.
More than 50 people have been killed in election-related violence this year.
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