Five killed in Guatemalan clash over land (Reuters)

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - At least five people were fatally shot or slashed to death with machetes in Guatemala when peasant farmers tried to invade a large estate they had been evicted from, police said on Sunday. Some 200 families attempted to invade a property, called Finca Mocca, in the central department of Alta Verapaz on Saturday but clashed with armed peasants on the land, said police spokeswoman Myrna Morales. The human rights ombudsman's office said the armed peasants were current employees ...