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In this photo released by Guatemala’s Voluntary Firefighters Press Office, inmates lie on the ground after rioting in Etapa II juvenile prison in San Jose Pinula, Guatemala, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. During the riot inmates killed teacher Winter Vidaurre..
