On May 24, three subjects aboard a motorcycle shot and detonated A grenade in the Medellín nightclub in Quetzaltenango; The investigations of the authorities show that it could be a revenge.
The investigations detail that everything would have started on Friday, May 23, when Kevin Jusvin Sánchez Gálvez, 26, arrived at Club Medellín.
Sanchez apparently drove a black vehicle with P-915DNN plates, which left parked on the 5th street, between 17 and 18 avenue, zone 3 of Quetzaltenango, a few meters from the disco.
After midnight, there was an argument; Several subjects left the club and there was a shooting. The relief bodies indicated that Sánchez Gálvez died in the incident.
The database of the National Civil Police (PNC) details that, in 2019, Kevin Jusvin Sánchez Gálvez, originally from Escuintla, and José Abram Fuentes Sánchez, aka “El Flaco”, were captured for allegedly having stolen the passengers of the Tz’utujil bus, which went from Xela to San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá.
Revenge for Sánchez’s death
A day after Sánchez’s death, three men aboard a motorcycle arrived at the Medellín nightclub and shot at the private security guard, according to the authorities.
They added that the investigation indicates that Benjamín Aguirre Aguirre, 61, descended from the motorcycle and approached the door of the disco to launch a grenade, but the artifact hit a wall, bounced and exploded on public roads.
The attacker tried to get on the vehicle, but fell to the ground and his companions abandoned him. Minutes later, he was captured by the PNC, while the other suspects fled.
For this fact, Aguirre was linked to criminal proceedings for the crime of murder in the attempt, and the report of authorities indicates that it is the second time that is arrested.
On April 3, 2022, Aguirre was apprehended in Iztapa, Escuintla, when he intended to shoot against a man who had police custody.
The researchers indicated that Sánchez and Aguirre possibly belonged to the same criminal structure dedicated to theft and hired, and would have moved from Escuintla to Quetzaltenango several years ago.
What happened to Kevin Jusvin Sánchez’s car?
On May 28, the Public Ministry (MP) and the PNC carried out a search in the nightclub and cordoned off the area in a perimeter of 200 meters.
During the diligence, four days after Sánchez’s death, MP prosecutors located the victim’s car.
Inside the vehicle, with P-915DNN plates, they found a firearm, a grenade and several metal fragments, possibly sparks.
The authorities investigate the way of operating of the Medellín disco, for suspicions that it was a retail drug distribution center.
The private security guard that was injured on May 24 had cocaine in one of its pockets, authorities said.
Videos
Videos of security cameras captured the moment when the three men on motorcycle arrive at the Medellín disco and one of them shoots and another throws the Granada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYMFabiimq8
Another video shows when the man who launched the Granda at the Medellín Club, climbs to the motorcycle, but falls and his two accomplices leave him.