Guatemalan boy chooses to die rather than kill

A refusal to murder a bus driver has cost a Guatemalan 12-year-old boy his life.

Gang members threatened to throw Ángel Ariel Escalante Pérez off a bridge if he did not murder the driver last month.

Angel said no and was thrown off the Belice Bridge in Guatemala City, falling 400 feet.

Branches and undergrowth cushioned his fall.

A picture of Angel being embraced by his father after being found was posted on social media.

After 15 days in intensive care, Angel died at the Saint John of God General Hospital.

The boy was in the 6th grade at Carlos Benjamín Paíz Ayala School, located near where he was thrown off the bridge.

He liked drawing, music and soccer.

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