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• Oct. 7: Guatemalan police officers secure the area as hostages are released from a Guatemala City call cente. A man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, took 42 people hostage at the call center in a jealous rage Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: A hostage relative waits during a stand off with an armed man that, in a jealous rage, took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: Police officers carry pizzas to be delivered to hostages during a stand off with an armed man that in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: Relatives react at the scene where an armed man in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: A man is embraced by a relative after being released by an armed man that in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: Covering her face, a woman is accompanied by a relative after being released by an armed man that, in a jealous rage, took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.
• Oct. 7: A woman reacts after being released by an armed man that in a jealous rage took 42 hostages in a Guatemala City call center, early Tuesday. The man, identified as Luis Escobar, 29, overpowered a security guard and took his gun late Monday. He released the hostages unharmed and turned himself to police after a five-hour standoff, police said.