Who is the man who would have shot in Río Dulce, Izabal, during a demonstration against a mining project?

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Who is the man who would have shot in Río Dulce, Izabal, during a demonstration against a mining project?

Lívingston, Izabal, is the scene of demonstrations in recent days, because Villagers of at least 54 communities oppose a mining project. During protests Shots were recordedand one of the facts was recorded.

Francisco Jiménez, Minister of the Interior, He published in his X account, formerly Twitter, that such actions is “the other face of Izabal’s protesters that nobody is talking about”.

The images show how a group of at least 12 people were outside a hotel located in the El Centro neighborhood, Aldea Bordras Río Dulce, Izabal. Seconds later, a man takes out a rifle and shoots.

Who shoots is a subject who wore black cap with white, blue shirt, yellow pants and white shoes. Another man, with white shirt and black pants, apparently bends down to collect the caps.

Who is the subject who shoots?

The researchers indicated that, allegedly, the man who draws the rifle and subsequently starts the shots during the demonstration is Brandon Adalberto Elías Moscoso.

In that same hotel, Elijah has been captured twice, according to records of the Public Ministry (MP) and the National Civil Police (PNC).

The first time was on August 9, 2024, for the crime of violence against women in its physical and psychological manifestations in the public sphere.

“Likewise, he kidnapped two firearms, a gun and a rifle, one of which would have used to attack the aggrieved, whom he would also have threatened to death,” the MP explained on that occasion.

On May 13, it was the second time that he was arrested, for allegedly assaulting an agent of the Municipal Traffic Police of Río Dulce, Izabal.

In a video recorded on April 22, 2025, it is observed how Elijah descends from a black sedan car and, with a rifle, points to the PMT agent and then hits him with the weapon. The police goes back and walks away from Elijah’s vehicle.

“Only this character has been captured twice … What is free, who took it there, why, who surrounds him?” Jiménez wrote.

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