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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - An angry mob in Guatemala that took 29 policemen hostage released the officers Friday in exchange for talks with the government on legalizing their lands and possibly dropping charges against a jailed farm leader, a human rights official said.
The standoff began late Thursday when a crowd surrounded the police station in the Caribbean coastal town of Livingston, disarmed the agents and took them in boats to their remote village of Maya Creek.
The mob of hundreds threatened to kill the officers unless authorities agreed to release a jailed farm leader accused of leading land seizures.
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