Guatemala City, Sep 28 - Two women were fatally shot at a beauty parlour in the Guatemalan capital, a police official said.

Jaime Otzin, head of the national police, said the women were killed by a pair of armed robbers.

The assailants, identified as Henry Barreda and Manuel Aguilar, were apprehended by police while attempting to flee.

Guatemala City, Sep 28 - A mayor was shot dead in central Guatemala, Xinhua reported.

Nery Alonso, the mayor of Temahu municipality in Alta Verapaz province, was killed Monday night after his car was ambushed by gunmen, the National Civil Police said Tuesday.

Guatemala City, April 20 : The Guatemalan government Tuesday declared a "nutritional risk alert" to avoid a food crisis in the country's poorest areas where thousands of people don't have enough food to survive.

Guatemala City, Feb 16 : A civil court judge was shot dead by unidentified assailants in northern Guatemala, officials said.

Guatemala City, Jan 20 - Former lawmaker Edgar Almengor Perez was slain Wednesday inside a shopping mall in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said.

"It appears to be a direct attack because the shots were targeted," a police spokesperson told the media.

Guatemala City, Jan 11 - A US citizen was killed and another seriously injured when a small plane crashed in western Guatemala.

Thomas Gilbert Russell, 72, who was piloting the plane, died after the crash that occurred Monday in the town of Santiago Atitlan, 190 km west of Guatemala City, a spokesman for the volunteer firefighters said.

Guatemala City, Jan 9 : At least 14 people were killed and over 25 seriously injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in western Guatemala, officials said.

Guatemala City, Oct 9 : Two Guatemalan sisters who were separated during the country's 1960-1996 civil war have been reunited after 30 years, an NGO has said.