An analysis carried out by the National Civil Police (PNC) made it possible to identify several of the men who appear in the videos of the convoy of armed people that traveled through San Pedro Soloma, Huehuetenangoon the night of June 27, after a horse parade held in that municipality.
In the Congress of the Republic, David Custodio Boteo, general director of the PNC, indicated that the police presence was reinforced and actions were coordinated with the Army, after learning about what happened in that municipality.
According to PNC investigators, those leading the convoy included Antonio Soza, known as “cadenas,” and another man identified with the alias “durango.” Both have open investigations for different events, according to the investigations.
The videos, broadcast that same night by neighbors and local media, show a caravan of vehicles with armed men carrying rifles and other long weapons. Hours before, during the horse parade, people accompanying participants in the event and carrying heavy-caliber weapons were also observed, presumably as part of private security schemes.
The day after the equestrian parade, PNC investigators carried out an operation on the route to the Pacific, in the jurisdiction of Suchitepéquez, where they identified several of the escorts and people close to chains and durango. According to the investigations, the operation allowed members of the suspects’ inner circle to be documented.
The analysis and investigation of the PNC
The investigators in charge of the case indicated that the analysis was developed by specialized units of the PNC through the review of recordings and other intelligence procedures to establish the identity of the people who participated in the parade.
In the case of Soza Cano, PNC investigators point to him as the alleged leader of a criminal structure that operates in Escuintla and that would be linked to drug trafficking and hitmen.
As part of this investigation, on December 6, 2025, prosecutors from the Public Ministry and PNC agents carried out a raid on a property located in the Sebastopol neighborhood, municipality and department of Escuintla, as recorded in file MP059-2025-6324.
According to the police, the objective of the diligence was to flagrantly locate Soza Cano, because the Escuintla courts have not agreed to the MP’s request to issue an arrest warrant against him.
During the operation, seven firearms were located, including four pistols, a rifle and a shotgun, in addition to 22 hoppers, 428 ammunition, three bulletproof vests, four cell phones, two vehicles and Q30 thousand in cash.
Investigators suspect that information about the raid was leaked before it was carried out and consider that the accused could receive support from local authorities to evade capture.
Raids in Huehuetenango
Alias ”durango” also appears in investigations by the authorities. On September 9, 2025, the Public Ministry, through the San Pedro Soloma Fiscal Agency, the VIII Western Regional Prosecutor’s Office and the PNC, carried out four raids on properties located in the village of Ixlacuitz, in that municipality.
On that occasion, the MP reported that the proceedings were aimed at locating firearms within an investigation related to the alleged illegal trafficking of weapons and a criminal structure that operates in Huehuetenango.
The authorities indicated that the raided properties were linked to people close to alias “Durango.”
Case under investigation
The equestrian parade and the subsequent convoy of armed men remain under investigation, the PNC said.
During a summons in the Congress of the Republic, Héctor Tale, deputy director of Technology of the PNC, confirmed that the General Subdirectorate of Criminal Investigation and General Subdirectorate of Analysis of Anti-Narcotics Information are carrying out investigations related to the events that occurred in San Pedro Soloma.
The police said they are seeking to establish the identity of all the participants, the origin of the weapons observed in the videos and whether the activity has links to structures dedicated to drug trafficking or other organized crime activities.
