Gunmen ambushed Facundo Cabral in Guatemala City on Saturday . The single dominant theme of Guatemalan politics is citizen insecurity , '' Brands said . The former president was shot and killed by two gunmen who were also his bodyguards as he left a restaurant with his wife at around 10.30pm. `` It 's a very large blow ... to the country 's image , '' one analyst says . Corruption and violence are high in Guatemala , according to the United Nations .
Gunmen ambushed Facundo Cabral in Guatemala City on Saturday . The former president was shot and killed by two gunmen who were also his bodyguards as he left a restaurant with his wife at around 10.30pm. `` It 's a very large blow ... to the country 's image , '' one analyst says . Corruption and violence are high in Guatemala , according to the United Nations .