World IN BRIEF : GUATEMALA : 3 Soldiers Arrested in American’s Death
From Times staff and Wire reports
Three Guatemalan soldiers are being held as leading suspects in the June slaying of a 49-year-old American tour guide in northern Peten province, armed forces spokesman Col. Carlos Duran said. They are being held in the murder of Michael Devine, a U.S. citizen originally from Belleville, Ill. Devine, a tour guide at Peten’s historic sites, was kidnaped June 8. His beaten and decapitated body was found the next day on a roadside in a jungle area of northern Peten province.
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