The authorities of Honduras and Guatemala reported this Friday on new advances in the investigation of the armed attack that left five police officers dead on the border between both countriesin a fact that has caused joint operations and changes within Honduran security forces.
On the one hand, the Honduran Police confirmed the find of the bodies of two men who supposedly belonged to the group drug dealer linked to the murder of agents of the Police Directorate against Maras and Gangs against Organized Crime (Dipampco).
The deceased were identified as Nahum Ventura Rivera and Eduardo Rivera Sabillon. According to Honduran investigations, both were part of a structure linked to drug trafficking that would have participated in the kidnapping and murder of the five police officers.
The spokesman for the Honduran National PoliceWilber Mayes, indicated that the bodies were located in the sector of Maroonin the department of Courteousbordering Guatemalaafter complaints from residents. They were later transferred to Forensic Medicine to carry out the corresponding autopsies.
According to the authorities honduranthe Dipampco agents were subjugated, deprived of liberty and murdered in a mountainous area when They were trying to capture an alleged drug trafficker during an operation that, according to the Governmentit was executed without following the institutional protocols of legality, security and judicial support.
After the case, Honduras suspended the director, deputy director and boss of operations of the Dipampco while investigations are carried out to establish responsibilities for alleged failures in the procedure. In addition, the Minister of Security, Gerzon Velásquez, ordered the intervention of the police unit to evaluate its operations.
In parallel, authorities of Guatemala confirmed the capture of two Honduran citizens gunshot wounds who remained in a hospital in Puerto Barrios, Izabalnear the border with Honduras.
The detainees were identified as Jose Guardado Herrera21 years old, and Eli Naún Guerra, of 44, who remain in custody while investigations progress and the coordination between both countries to determine their possible relationship with armed attack.
The Guatemalan Police indicated that the two men came from the village Maroon, Hondurasand were located in the care center after the attack recorded on Thursday.
Following this case, Guatemala reinforced surveillance in the border strip and maintains coordinated operations with the Honduran police to prevent the entry of criminal structures into Guatemalan territory.
The authorities also indicated that the attack against the police coincided with another killing occurred the same Thursday in the Honduran Caribbeanwhere armed men in police uniforms At least 20 workers were killed of one African palm farm in the department of Colon.