GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from Sunday’s admission that 20 gang members had escaped from prison continued.

The prisoners, all members of the Barrio 18 gang, had apparently escaped over a period of days, perhaps during family visits, and it wasn’t until a recount of prisoners was made that their escape was discovered.

On Wednesday, Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez, his deputy overseeing combating drugs and his deputy overseeing the prison system all resigned.

“What has occurred in the penitentiary system is unacceptable,” Arévalo said in a news conference. “The escape from justice by 20 dangerous criminals is not a simple operational failure, it is a serious offense against e

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