27 killed in the massacre of Guatemala border between Mexico

GUATEMALA City  - at least 27 people were found dead in a Guatemalan village near the border with the Mexico Sunday morning in a worst killings of mass in the country in a generation, said local police.

The bloody incident began when a raiders attacked the small town of Caserio La Bomba about 275 miles north of the capital, said police.

Two women were among the victims of the attack, said police, who attempt to determine the exact time of the attack and the search for more bodies. Many of the victims were slaughtered and beheaded, police said.

"This is the worst massacre that we have seen in modern times", police spokesman Donald Gonzalez said Reuters, saying that it was difficult to recall a massacre of this magnitude since the Guatemala 36-year civil war ended in 1996.

Police said the killers could be linked to the Saturday killing 56 years Haroldo Waldemar Leon, the brother of alleged drug trafficker Juan Jose Leon, who was shot dead in a rural North of Guatemala.

Jose Leon was sought by the Drug Enforcement Administration of United States when he was killed in an attack of 2008 which involved 30 men ambushes of his home. Ten other people were killed in the shooting.

Police in closer to killing Jose Leon Las Zetas powerful Mexican drug cartel. Northern border of Guatemala is a transfer of active drug point of cocaine to the North of South America.

27 killed in the massacre of Guatemala border between Mexico

GUATEMALA City - at least 27 people were killed this weekend in a village near the border with the Mexico in one of the worst in a generation mass killings Guatemala, said local police.

The bloody incident began when 200 raiders attacked the small town of Caserio La Bomba, about 275 miles north of the capital, said police.

Two women were among the victims in the attack, said police, who attempt to determine the exact time of the attack and the search for more bodies.

"This is the worst massacre that we have seen in modern times," police spokesman Donald Gonzalez told Reuters.

Police said the killers could be linked to the Saturday killing 56 years Haroldo Waldemar Leon, the brother of alleged drug trafficker Juan Jose Leon, who was shot dead in a rural North of Guatemala.

Juan Jose Leon was sought by the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States, but he was killed in 2008.

Police in closer to killing Juan Jose Leon Las Zetas powerful Mexican drug cartel. Northern border of Guatemala is a transfer of active drug point of cocaine to the North of South America.

Plan of the Egypt to open the border between Gaza reveals shifts

Announcement of the Egypt it will open a crossing border with the Gaza Strip key Palestinian in the days which sparked concerns in Israel Friday and revealed how the upheavals in the Arab world moves the Mideast conflict.

Under former President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt restricts the movement of persons and goods by the Rafah crossing in keeping a blockade that it imposed in Gaza with Israel. The restrictions were intended to weaken activists of Hamas rule the Gaza Strip, and including the Egypt and Israel have seen, until recently, as a common enemy.

After the overthrow of Mubarak by a popular uprising in February, Egypt new Transitional Cabinet and military Council the power to take a cooler line towards Israel and the Egypt to the United States has also been warming ties with the enemies of Israelmainly Hamas and its primary funder of fondsIran.

New Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Egypt, Nabil al-Araby, said Thursday that the closure was at its end, the appeal of the decision to close the passage at level "a disgusting question" in an interview with the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite channel.

Al-Araby, stated that the crossing would be opened "in the coming days."

Israeli officials would not comment publicly on Friday, but Israel is "troubled by recent developments in Egypt," an official of the Israeli Government said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because no there was no official comment.

Israel views Gaza blockade as essential to reduce the flow of weapons and militants in the territory, where Palestinian squadrons regularly launch rockets on Israeli towns, and to put pressure on Hamas.

"In the past, despite the efforts made by the Egyptian Government, Hamas has managed to build a formidable military machine." "If these efforts were to stop, how much easier would be that Hamas to build a terrorist military machine," said the official.

The decision seems to be related to the announcement surprised one day earlier that the two rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, had signed a reconciliation agreement negotiated by the Egypt. The agreement should be signed on Wednesday in Cairo, spokesman for the Palestinian Authority Nabil Abu Rdeneh, said Friday. This is to show the way towards a transitional unity Government and elections.

This announcement was also greeted with dismay in Israel, which says that he has excluded any chance of peace talks with a Palestinian Government which includes Hamas activists. Hamas, which rejects the peace talks and is committed to the destruction of Israel, is considered a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, the European Union and other.

The announcement on the border post also seemed to reflect responsiveness by the new military leaders of the Egypt to the hostile street sense Israel and the United States. A recent survey showed that more than half of the Egyptians favor cancellation 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

The number of travellers crossing at Rafah is limited to approximately 300 per day and is subject to the Egyptian security clearance which is often withdrawn. The other passages available Gaza 1.5 million people are Israel and are closed with a few exceptions, such as medical emergency cases. Israel allows goods to Gaza with restrictions on building materials, that it could be used by militants.