GUATEMALA CITY - Two candidates from Nobel Laureate and presidential hopeful Rigoberta Menchu's political party were shot dead Wednesday amid a wave of campaign-related violence that has claimed about 50 lives.
Wenceslao Ayapan, 35, and Esmeralda Uyun, 26, of the Encuentro Por Guatemala Party were killed by assailants with automatic weapons, said party official Armando Sanchez, who is running for a seat in congress.
The victims were running for municipal council seats in San Raymundo, 30 kilometers (20 miles) north of Guatemala City.
This has been the most violent campaign in Guatemala's recent history. About 50 politicians, activists and their relatives have …
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