Guatemalans Protest Killing of 12 People

A woman waits for the remains of relatives to take home from the morgue in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on Dec. 20, 2021. Oliver De Ros/AP Photo

SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACAN, Guatemala—Hundreds of demonstrators laid coffins on a platform to block a highway in Guatemala Monday to protest the weekend killings of a dozen people.

The protesters placed eight coffins on an improvised wooden platform to demand justice in the case. They carried banners reading, “We have The Right to Live in Peace.”