On April 5, at 2.02 hours, there was an armed attack in a parking lot in zone 16, which left a deceased man. According to police investigations, Carlos Fernando García Rubio He is the alleged responsible for the death of Hansel Ernesto Szarata ValdésHead of the Legal Management Department of the Congress of the Republic.
In 2021, García Rubio was Vice Minister of Violence Prevention during the government of Alejandro Giammattei. The following year, he received Q306 thousand from the Ministry of Environment, from the Guatemalan Institute of Social Security and the Executive Secretariat of the Commission against Addictions, for consulting and training.
On March 1, 2023, he began working in Senabed as head of the contractor registration unit, accruing Q23 thousand 425 per month.
The Senabed issued a statement on April 24, 2025 in which he said that García Rubio stopped working in the institution on March 7, 2025, by provision of the higher authority.
“It is important to state that the hiring of the Senabed personnel depend solely on the higher authority of the National Secretariat and, therefore, there is no link or dependence between them and the vice presidency of the Republic,” said the brief.
The armed attack
According to the Department of Crimes against the Life of the National Civil Police, through different investigation and forensic analysis proceedings, García Rubio’s participation was established in the criminal act that occurred on April 5, 2025.
The investigations detail that the security agents of the mall reported having heard several detonations. Upon arriving at the place, the authorities found the body of Szarata Valdés next to their vehicle, dark blue.
The reports indicate that the victim had a gunshot wound in the thorax, on the right side. In addition, four caps were found in the place.
A witness mentioned that, apparently, there was a discussion between people drunk before shooting.
García Rubio said on April 24, in the jail of Torre de Courts, who knew Szarata Valdés and that day they went out to a coexistence when an armed attack was recorded. Garcia said he tried to repel the shooting.
SENABED WITHOUT ANSWER
According to Julio Loarca, Senabed communication advisor, they do not have a communicator in the institution, so he could not give details of the reasons for the dismissal of García Rubio or the functions he performed.
The communication section only sees issues of the promotion of real estate for rent and the promotion of auctions. All additional information must be requested by access to public information; I can gladly contact you directly if you send me your email, Loarca said.
The only position is what is given by accessing public information, he replied.
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