An alleged hitman died on Tuesday, May 6 in an armed confrontation with agents of the National Civil Police (PNC), in a sector of Villa Nueva, police sources reported.
The PNC reported on its social networks that the subject, moments before, would have killed a person in Villa Nueva, so agents gave him persecution. Upon reaching it, he shot at the police, who responded to the fire and left him injured.
The volunteer firefighters reported that they transferred injured the subject, but he died within a few minutes of his arrival to a health center.
The lifeguards pointed out that the injured man was taken from the Central Park of Villa Nueva to the 25 company, where, after stabilizing it, he was transferred to a hospital.
Víctor Gómez, spokesman for volunteer firefighters, reported that it is an unidentified man, about 25 years, who wore beige pants, black shoes and blue shirt.
The PNC wrote in its X account: Sicario is discharged by the PNC. The offender, moments before, murdered a person in a sector of Villa Nueva. In an armed confrontation, the National Civil Police of the Police Station 15 discharges Sicario who faced shots with the police.
On Facebook, the institution added: the bulletproof vest, a fundamental piece of the organic team used by the police, this time saved an agent’s life, since a firearm projectile of the thugs hit the PNC vest. There is a localized gun used by the offender.
Of the facilities of the 25 Cía of Volunteer Firefighters in the Central Park of Villa Nueva, he moved to a man with multiple wounds of a firearm projectile.
He was given pre-hospital care and was taken to the National Hospital. pic.twitter.com/x1othfqpjr
– Volunteer Firefighters (@bvoluntariosgt) May 6, 2025
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Sicario is discharged by the PNC
The offender moments before murdered a person
In a sector of Villa Nueva, in an armed confrontation, the National Civil Police of the Police Station 15, lowers Sicario, who faced shots with the police. pic.twitter.com/kutnn7mmhf
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) May 6, 2025