Heads dumped in Guatemala capital, threats of more

GUATEMALA CITY,  (Reuters) – Suspected gang members  dumped four human heads in front of Guatemala’s Congress and  other spots in the capital along with messages warning the  government to halt its crackdown on organized crime.

A head found outside Congress yesterday had a handwritten  note with it addressed to the interior minister and the head of  the penitentiary system.

“Put the jails in order or these horrific acts will  continue,” it said.

Another of the severed heads was left on a pedestrian  walkway at a shopping center, while a third was found in front  of a fire station and a fourth in a plastic bag on a highway  leading into Guatemala City. A headless body was found in a car  parked near Congress.