GUATEMALA: Clashes in the Guatemalan Indigenous town of Nahuala have left 13 dead, the mayor told AFP on Sunday, blaming the army for the incident. &quot;Thirteen people were brutally killed in an ambush carried out by the Guatemalan army and people from Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan,&quot; Manuel Garchaj said, contradicting the government&#39;s official toll of five dead. Located west of Guatemala City, Nahuala and Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan have fought for more than a century over a boundary between the two Maya communities, which has left several dead in recent years.

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Clashes in Guatemala’s Indigenous town Nahuala left 13 dead, mayor says, accusing army involvement, disputing official toll, amid a century-old boundary dispute with neighboring Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan communities west region

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13 dead in clashes in Guatemalan Indigenous region: mayor