PNC statistics show that on Elena Avenue, 2nd, 5th, 9th., 10a. and 12 avenues are the sectors in which the population has denounced to be a victim of Assaults and vehicle theft.
The Police Social Communication Department indicated that they respond to the facts reported in those areas, which are considered “common crime.”
“We have detected that they are migrants and people in street situations who commit these robberies; it is not a criminal structure,” said the PNC authorities.
They added that several responsible has been arrested, as in the case of the attacked student in the 9th. 8-40 street, and the subject who shot at Antoine Curbina, a French chef who tried to avoid an assault in the 13th. street and 5a. Avenue of Zone 1.
They emphasized that police operations increased in the Historic Center and in zones 2, 6, 16, 18, 24 and 25 of the capital, in response to citizens’ complaints.
According to data from the Public Ministry, during 2025 2,987 complaints have been received for cell phones, of which 534 were registered in zone 1 capital, followed by zone 11, with 188 cases. The MP stated that 33.14% of cell phones are registered between 12 and 18 hours.
In addition, some assaults have been recorded in shops in the historic center and, according to the police, They have captured two of the suspects On March 16.
The Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime of the MP said that 80% of car theft and motorcycles in 2024 occurred in zones 1, 7, 11 and 12 of the capital; The remaining 20% was reported in Escuintla, Izabal and Petén.
The Doctor of Independent Criminology and Analyst Federico Reyes, said that the Ministry of the Interior, with the support of the video surveillance cameras of the Municipality of Guatemala, should carry out a risk analysis to identify the most prone schedules and sectors more prone to criminal acts in zone 1.
“There are people who can be homeless or migrants who stayed in the country and have begun to commit crimes,” he said.
Reyes said there seems to be an lack of control by the PNC in strategic patrols, since armed robberies and attacks have occurred near justice or security entities.
“We are all exposed to that, but it occurs very close to places where one would normally think it is safer. Which really has not been so,” he said.