Although the Public Ministry (MP) presented to Judge Ludin Orlando Marroquín, of Suchitepéquez, the telephone listening, satellite locations and the two money payments made to the band of kidnappers to release Yesenia Elizabeth alsodaughter of Pascual also, mayor of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, Sololá, the judge decided to modify the crime to two of the syndicates in the case.
The MP’s thesis argues that Walter Tomás Dirta Mejía and Cristian Aroldo Barrios Carredano, both 30 years old, committed the crime of kidnapping, but the judge benefited them by changing the crime to an illicit association.
According to the investigating entity, also who is a medical one, identified SUC and Barrios as part of the band and those who participated in the kidnapping, occurred in the Villas de San Juan neighborhood, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez.
The investigations revealed that the members of the structure held telephone conversations and that the authorities intercepted at least six calls that show their way of operating and identifying those involved.
The Prosecutor’s Office against kidnappings of the MP explained that SUC and Barrios were in the house where they kept the doctor in captivity, as well as in the place where the money was delivered for their release.
Intercepted calls
The intercepted calls showed that on the day of the kidnapping, on January 18, 2025, SUC called at number 5828-0059, which belongs to Barrios. They talked for 20 minutes and 53 seconds.
A day later, SUC called alias Chesteranother member of the structure, to number 3986-3961.
At 2 hours on January 20, the family and investigators in charge of the case delivered to the kidnappers Q300 thousand in the village El Progreso, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez.
One of the antennas located the SUC phone in the place where part of the Q4 million demanded by the band to free the doctor.
At 14.34 hours of that day, SUC called Alias Chester again; The conversation lasted 47 seconds.
While the negotiations between the National Civil Police (PNC), the MP and the kidnappers continued, Dr. Yesenia also was bandaged from the eyes and tied hands and feet in a house located in Villas del Bosque, zone 3 of Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez.
The victim indicated that the kidnappers feed him pizza, bread, meat cakes with tortillas and provided pure water.
The fourth call was recorded at 11:29 p.m. on January 22; This time, Barrios called Suc. Three hours later, the family and investigators of the case made another payment of Q200 thousand.
After collecting the money, Suc and Barrios talked on the phone twice, the last on January 24 at 9.27 hours.
Others involved
The MP said that due to the kidnapping of Yesenia there are also other involved that have already been identified.
The investigators said that Suc and Barrios participated in the kidnapping of the mayor’s daughter and were the ones who guarded her in the house.
In addition, they argued that the others involved could be the intellectual authors of the event.
Judge benefits syndicates
The Prosecutor’s Office assured that the listening, locations and signs located during the rescue, on January 25, were presented to the judge at the first statement hearing so that both syndicates were linked to criminal proceedings by plagiarism or kidnapping. However, the togate modified the crime to illegal association.
The MP requested a processing order reform hearing for the judge to modify the crime to plagiarism or kidnapping. The diligence was carried out three weeks ago and, despite the fact that the investigating entity presented more indications, the judge argued that Suc and Barrios will face justice for illicit association.
The MP prosecutor reported that the defense lawyer asked the judge that SUC and Barrios would undergo the acceptance of charges.
He added that both could be sentenced to between two and three years in prison for the reduction of the sentence established by law.
MP actions before the judge’s decision
The prosecutor against kidnappings indicated that they analyze submitting an accusation to review the facts and try to modify the crime again.
He commented that another option is to submit a challenge against the judge and a complaint. “Arriving in the last instances, a complaint against the judge for the partiality that exists between the decisions he has made,” he explained.
At the discretion of the Prosecutor’s Office, there are three phases to consider that there was kidnapping against also:
- Intercept the victim with violence or deception.
- Have it in captivity.
- Negotiate and deliver money in exchange for releasing it.
On January 25, during the rescue of the doctor, Edis Fabián, deputy director of the PNC, reported that the victim was located in the corner of a house, bandaged of the eyes and handcuffed. He added that, at first glance, bruises were observed in various parts of his body.
He explained that it was monitored by two people carrying firearms and who were neutralized during the police incursion.