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A video circulates on social networks where motorcycle subjects are observed by throwing large amounts of nails on public roads. The PMT reported that it made verifications after the complaint.
A video that circulates on social networks shows motorcycle subjects that throw nails on the road while they are still moving. The PMT investigated the case. (Free press photo: video capture)
In social networks a Video in which it is denounced that a group of bikers would have released nails on different routes of the Guatemala City with the aim of causing damage to vehicles.
So far, the video has exceeded 120 thousand 800 visualizations, has been shared 371 times and has generated more than 800 interactions and comments.
The publication, disseminated in the social network “X” he March 27, 2025 In the afternoon, he assures that the nails were thrown into strategic points such as Liberation, Obelisk, Boulevard and Swing Vista Hermosa Boulevard, Road to El Salvador And its surroundings, as well as in Petapa Avenue.
However, the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT) made verification tours and ruled out the veracity of this version.
When consulted, the city’s traffic authorities indicated that They have not received reports on incidents related to this supposed action.
“At the moment we have not had information about it. About 30 motorized agents, as they do every day, They have made tours on main routes without detecting some type of risk related to the video that circulates in social networks“The PMT said.
In addition, they said they have not received telephone reports or complaints on social networks about people affected by this situation.
Apparently, that video corresponds to the protests that occurred one or two years ago, when there were blockages in the Bethania neighborhood, authorities added.
Given the dissemination of this type of social media content, the authorities requested to communicate via telephone to the numbers 2285-8270, 2285-8417to report any incidence.