Overview
- Authorities report 46 hostages across three facilities: nine at Renovación I, 28 at Fraijanes II, and eight guards plus one psychologist at Preventivo.
- Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda ruled out negotiating for the hostages' release and said force could be used to regain control.
- Police and military have encircled prisons in Guatemala City, Escuintla, and Quetzaltenango as the situation remains active.
- Officials say no deaths or injuries have been recorded so far, and a pregnant staff member was released by inmates.
- Video published by Prensa Libre shows masked prisoners on watchtowers demanding better conditions, while authorities tie the unrest to recent raids seizing phones, weapons, and drugs from networks linked to Barrio 18 and MS-13.