18-yr-old kills brother in Guatemala shootout

BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A teenage boy killed his 13-year-old brother
in Guatemala because he belonged to a rival group, according to police.

Eighteen-year-old Hector Mazariegos of the Mara 18 gang, shot dead his
brother Cesar, a member of the rival Mara Salvatrucha, outside their house.

"The brothers had been arguing for a few days when it built up to a
fire-fight in the street," police spokesman Marco Trejo told Reuters Friday.

Hector Mazariegos, who was also wounded in the shooting incident, was
captured a few blocks from the scene. He was treated for bullet wounds in
hospital.

The Mara Salvatrucha and the Mara 18 are the two largest gangs, with
members often tattooing their faces with gang signs and killing rivals with
gruesome beheadings or execution-style shootings.

(Agencies)