Guatemala: 4 dead, scores ill from food poisoning

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GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Four people, including two children, died and 96 others were hospitalized Thursday for food poisoning in a town west of Guatemala’s capital.

The fire department said the victims ate fruit and vegetables that weren’t properly cleaned in the town of Santo Domingo Xenacoj. A doctor at one of the hospitals said the medical exams show the deaths were caused by E. coli bacteria.

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