Date in year · 1998 · The 1990s
On January 16, 1998, in Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, thirteen American students on a school trip are attacked and robbed at gunpoint; five were raped. The year's #1 song was "Too Close" by Next. King Combs, Mitchell Robinson, Sexyy Red would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 16, 1998
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is a town, with a population of 58,877, and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
Around 1998
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.
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Municipality and town in Escuintla Department, Guatemala
Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa is a town, with a population of 58,877, and a municipality in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.
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