During a summons in the Congress of the Republic with deputies of the VOS bench, the Minister of Defense, Henry David Sáenz, said that the Mexican police took the force the evidence that remained after confrontation Registered on the table, democracy, Huehuetenango.
In that place, on June 8, alleged members of the Chiapas-Guatemala poster and members of the Immediate reaction force Pakal (Frip), known as “the pakales”, They faced bullets in front of elements of the Army of Guatemala and agents of the National Civil Police (PNC).
The shooting left four deaths and the Mexicans reported the seizure of four long weapons – one of them with launches – two short weapons, two ballistic vests, 17 loaders, a.
The congressmen questioned this Thursday, June 19, why the Security Forces allowed the Mexican Police to take the vehicles, the bodies of the deceased and other evidence from Guatemalan territory.
Legislators pointed out that those evidence would have been useful to the State for a criminal case or to submit an international claim.
Sáenz commented that No army member that was present at the place reacted.
“The crew at any time, and none of them reacted. The overwhelming that the Mexican police force had, by force, took all the evidence. The force was very great and they used that to raise the evidence, which would have served Guatemala, ”explained the official.
In addition, the deputies questioned Sáenz for not having sent reinforcements to the confrontation area.
“The bedside table has a single street to arrive, and the traffic that was caused by the events caused everything to stop, and they arrived later,” the minister excused himself.
He added that there is no permanent security on the border of Huehuetenango because they do not have the coverage capacity.
“There is little strength for the dimension of the area. You have to choose, according to a plan, the schedules so that they are monitoring intermittently. We do not have the coverage for that,” said the Minister of Defense.
Who are the deceased?
Claudia Palencia, Vice Minister Anti -Narcotics of the Ministry of the Interior, also attended the summons with the deputies and said that the four deceased during the confrontation are Guatemalans.
According to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE), in Chiapas, Mexico, among the deceased are Baldemar Calderón Carrillo, aka Uncle Balde, and his son Walfre Donaldo Calderón Calderón, aka the Lieutenant, 43.
Palencia said that an analysis of the videos that captured the shooting on the bedside, Democracy, Huehuetenango, to clarify the fact and participation of the security forces were performed.
He commented that I know denounced 12 agents of the National Civil Police, because they could have incurred the crimes of omission and breach of duties.
José Portillo, Deputy Minister of Security, commented that the agents who are investigating are the ones present during the shooting and that were identified through videos.
He added that the investigations are coordinating with the Public Ministry and that efforts have been made so that the United States Embassy in Guatemala supports them.
“I did the coordination with the US Embassy. So that we can have some complementary evidence with these people,” he said.
Portillo said they will not tolerate that PNC agents are involved in acts of corruption, and instructions have been issued to the General Inspectorate to investigate the facts in Huehuetenango.
MINDEF says you need more soldiers
Sáenz explained, after the citation, that more soldiers per square kilometer are needed, since Guatemala is below the international average.
“More soldiers are needed per square kilometer. It is below the international average. The media are limited and, especially in Huehuetenango, the land represents an even greater difficulty,” he acknowledged.
“What are we doing in Huehuetenango? Putting more special forcesputting more units to prevent future actions in that border line, ”he said.