The fatal blaze rocked Guatemala and highlighted widespread abuse in the government’s shelter system.
A Guatemalan court has convicted six people in connection with the deaths of 41 girls at a state-funded youth shelter in 2017.
On Tuesday, Judge Ingrid Cifuentes gave the former officials, who had all pleaded not guilty, sentences of between six and 25 years for charges ranging from abuse of authority to manslaughter.
Two of the people convicted were ex-police officers, while the other four…
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