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The PNC confirms that Luis Pacheco, Vice Minister of Sustainable Development was captured.
PNC reports the capture of Vice Minister Luis Pacheco. Illustrative image. (Free Press Photo: Pexels)
Luis Pacheco, former president of the 48 cantons of Totonicapán and current Vice Minister of Sustainable Development of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), was captured this Wednesday, April 23, said the National Civil Police (PNC).
There are still no details about how Pacheco’s arrest was recorded or on the accusations against him.
Pacheco, who led protests against the Attorney General Consuelo Porras in 2023, was appointed Vice Minister on August 22, 2024.
The official won notoriety during indigenous protests in rejection of the actions of the Public Ministry (MP) against the Semilla Movement, a political group with which Bernardo Arévalo won the presidency in 2023.
According to the MEM, Pacheco has a closed Pénsum in the Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences, lawyer and notary, at the University Center of the West of the University of San Carlos de Guatemala.
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The authorities are expected to expand the details of the detention.