After the violent events and the incursion of Mexican soldiers in Guatemalan territory, on the table, Huehuetenango, President Bernardo Arévalo reported this Friday, June 13 that the special command against transnational threats will be reactivated.
According to Arévalo, a special operations command will be launched specifically in combating transnational crime. In addition, he pointed out that this military unit is designed to facilitate coordination both within the Guatemalan military institution and with security organizations from other countries that face similar threats.
The main objective of this command is to concentrate resources to improve coordination and facilitate interoperability between different forces. This includes internal collaboration with other army units and the National Civil Police, according to Arévalo.
He also indicated that the unit seeks to strengthen international cooperation, which will allow better coordination with security forces from neighboring countries that participate from their own borders or provide direct assistance to Guatemala on these issues.
This initiative represents a more structured and specialized approach to address the scourge of transnational crime, recognizing that these crimes require coordinated responses that transcend national borders.
He added that the special command will work as a coordination center that will optimize the available resources and improve the effectiveness of operations against criminal networks operating through multiple jurisdictions.
The president also reported that the next technical meeting seeks to reactivate a high level group on security between Guatemala and Mexico that, although it was created in previous administrations, has not worked properly.
He added that in that meeting the agenda will be established for a meeting of portfolio holders of Guatemala and Mexico, scheduled for the following week.
The objective is double: on the one hand, the specific measures will be addressed to address the incidents that occurred in Huehuetenango; On the other, the mechanisms will be strengthened so that the Canseco (Commission for Security and Cooperation Affairs) operates regularly and effectively in the border area.
Arévalo said that this structure will not only respond to recent incidents, but will be prepared for any other security challenge that may arise in the border region.
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Last Monday, Guatemala said he will reinforce his actions “in land and air” on the border with Mexico, after the “confusing” armed confrontation recorded on the border of both countries, in Huehuetenango, according to the words of the Minister of National Defense, Henry Sáenz.
According to the official, the shooting occurred after Mexican security forces entered Guatemalan territory during a prosecution of criminals.
Sáenz indicated that during the exchange of shooting “a confusing environment was created” and, therefore, Guatemalan security forces made “the decision not to get involved to avoid deaths of civil society.”
The minister added that during the shooting “unfortunately”, a specialist from the Army of Guatemala “resulted in a gunshot wound in the right thigh,” which does not represent risks to his life.
For its part, on Tuesday, the Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), offered an official apology to the Guatemala government for the incursion of police in its territory. In a statement, the SRE indicated that he sent a diplomatic note to the Government of Guatemala, in which he expresses “his apologies for the events that occurred on June 8 at the international limit, at the height of the Cuauhtémoc-La Mesilla border port.”