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Conred shared the results of the Sinapress during Holy Week 2025 in Guatemala.
Veraneantes enjoyed the beaches of the Guatemalan Pacific during Holy Week 2025. (Photo Press Free: Byron Baiza)
At a press conference held on Monday, April 21, at the National Palace, the results of the National System of Prevention during Holy Week in Guatemala (Sinapress).
Claudinne Ogaldes, Executive Secretary of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED), recalled that in 2025 the Sinapse turned 25 years of supporting the Veraneantes during the Major Week.
He said that this year he was given a different approach to the strategy, with greater emphasis on prevention, tourism promotion and local entrepreneurship.
According to the statistics, the Sinapse reported 20 people who died during Holy Week: 16 died drowned and four by polytrauma, a consequence of accidents.
He explained that the National Institute of Forensic Sciences reported 302 deaths, a figure that includes deaths with firearms, sharp weapons, deaths in hospitals or other causes.
Ogaldes added that 140,549 initial medical care were provided, among these to people with poisonings or symptoms that did not merit hospitalization.
6,762 people injured and 4,166 hospitalized were also reported.
The report accounts for 155 missing people, of which 40 have already been located; There are still people in that condition. According to the data, in total 151 thousand 477 people were served.
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