College students raped in attack

Guatemala City - Armed men attacked a group of 16 US college students and officials on a study tour in southern Guatemala, robbing…

Guatemala City - Armed men attacked a group of 16 US college students and officials on a study tour in southern Guatemala, robbing all of them and raping five women, the US embassy has said. The four gunmen forced the group's bus off the road and ordered the 13 students and three officials from St Mary's College of Maryland into a sugar-cane field, where the rape and robbery occurred.

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