The Constitutional Court (CC) covered this March 2 provisionally to the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala (CIG) and the Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala (CCG) for the blockages on the routes towards the customs Pedro de Alvarado and San Cristóbal, which are maintained since last Thursday.
In the resolution, the CC orders the Guatemala state take immediate actions to release the step and the free locomotion of the Guatemalans is guaranteed.
The resolution sends the authorities to dictate and execute “the necessary measures to guarantee the free exercise of rights in peaceful and demonstration meeting, as well as freedom of thought.”
He adds that they must assume “actions in which, while guaranteeing the previous relational rights, the rights of all persons, in national territory, life, health, security, peace, freedom of locomotion of persons and vehicles, freedom of industry, commerce, labor and property are also observed.”
“In case of manifestations on streets and roads, coordinate and implement actions aimed at ensuring that Guatemalans carry out their daily activities, without being affected by the exercise of the right of demonstration, and must, if necessary, enable specific lanes on the roads that may be affected,” adds the document of the CC.
#Now the @CC_guatemala provisionally protect the Chamber of Industry and Chamber of Commerce for blockages in customs of the country. It orders the state of Guatemala to take immediate actions.
– Douglas Cuevas (@dcuevas_gtv) March 2, 2025
Start of blockages
This Sunday, March 2, the blockades turn four days. Villagers keep the passage closed on the Ca2-Oriente route on the Bernal Díaz del Castillo bridge to El Salvador, as a pressure measure to repair a road section known as La Barrona, in Moyuta, Jutiapa.
It is estimated that some 600 units of heavy transport with diverse merchandise that have fate El Salvador and other countries in the region are stranded in the place.
In a statement on Saturday, the CIG reported that the route blocks is “indispensable” for the transit of goods, raw materials, food and medicines between the Central American region.
He pointed out that, although the lack of maintenance of infrastructure affects the entire population, it is against blockages that are “illegal acts” that violate the right to free locomotion, freedom of industry, commerce and labor.
In addition, these actions impact on the price of the products of the basic basket, of that account is that together with the CCG they filed an amparo action before the CC “to protect the rights of the Guatemalans”. Both sectors agree that the points that are blocked are due to release.
This Sunday the CC gives them provisional amparo.
The Constitutional Court has granted the provisional protection to restore the right to free locomotion of the Guatemalans.#Nomásbloqueos pic.twitter.com/yxa1MHDVKC
– Guatemalan Chamber of Industry (@industriaguate) March 3, 2025