Gerson Ajcúc, mayor of Chuararoncho, Guatemala He was finalized in an armed attack occurred on February 26, 2025.
Leslie Estrada, a survivor of the armed attack at kilometer 11.5 of the Atlantic route, reported how two hitmen aboard a black motorcycle chased them and later one of them shot them.
“There are 10 gun and blood stains projectile caps,” said the police report.
Estrada told the PNC agents that he was a companion of the mayor and that both were in a meeting with members of the Departmental Development Councils (CODEDE) in San José del Gulfo and headed to the capital when they were intercepted.
In addition, the police indicated that those responsible for the armed attack fled, but that the authorities already work to identify them.
Francisco Jiménez, Minister of the Interior, lamented the direct attack against Ajcúc Xot and acknowledged that a team of the Specialized Division in Criminal Investigation (DEIC) will coordinate with the Public Ministry to follow up on the case.
“They have orders that do not skimp in resources and capacities for them to give with the person responsible. This repudiable case should not be unpunished. I join the family, friends, neighbors and supporters, ”said the official.
They regret crime
Through social networks, President Bernardo Arévalo lamented the death of the head chief Gerson Ajcúc.
“I extend my deepest condolences to the family of Mayor Gerson Ajcúc Xot. I have ordered the Ministry of the Interior to work on the clarification of this unfortunate fact. Rest in peace,” he published.
The Public Ministry said it investigates the armed attack in which the mayor died and that he seeks to identify those responsible.
“The MP deeply regrets the loss of one more life, because of the violence that currently affects our country, and reiterates its commitment to the Guatemalan people of investigating until reaching the historical truth of the facts, individualizing those responsible for this crime and bringing justice to the victim’s family,” said the MP in a statement broadcast on social networks.
Another death
On April 5, 2024, Daniel Chavajay Herrera, the newly elected mayor of San Juan La Laguna, Sololá, was found dead inside a house in the Los Encinos condominium, Sanctuary Muxbal, Santa Catarina Pinula.
The case is under reserve and has not yet been announced if it was suicide or a crime.
The PNC report detailed, on that occasion, that it ruled out suicide and firefighters said Chavajay Herrera had a firearm projectile wound in the skull, between the ear and the eye.
Antonio Chavajay, father of the deceased mayor, said his son had threats and that was why he was with security agents.
“I had told me that I had threats, that’s why I had security. Those of security were neglected, where he lived is a place where anyone could enter, surely leaked and did not realize those of security, ”Antonio Chavajay told local media.