The Guatemalan government hands over investigation to the Prosecutor's Office regarding the killing of eight people

The Government of Guatemala has delivered an internal investigative report to the Public Ministry (Prosecutor's Office) concerning the massacre of eight individuals that occurred on September 27 in the eastern region of the country.

The killings, which remain under active investigation, were perpetrated by unidentified assailants. The transfer of the government's findings to federal prosecutors marks a formal step in the ongoing judicial and law enforcement response to the mass casualty event.