A Video of a security camera registered the moment when Two agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) They were shot in Sumpango, Sacatepéquezon Saturday night February 22, 2025.
The agent Mateo Enrique Sac Palma, 32, He died due to the bullet impacts he received, while his partner, Óscar Fernando Lajuj Gómez, 42was seriously injured.
The police patrol arrives at the place and in the upper left corner of the image of the video are observed to the Agents When they get out of unity where there was a group of men.
One of the agents descends to stop a man, but during the review, other people appear and a struggle that lasts a couple of minutes is started until the first shots are heard.
The images also show a man with a gray sweater with black sleeves that shoots against the agents several times before running away with another individual in one of the streets. The police reported Monday, February 24 that one of the suspects was already arrested.
Attack against agents
Departmental Municipal Firefighters attended the emergency and They found the injured agents near the local Catholic Church.
Sac Palma, died in the place, while Lajuj Gómez, was transferred to a nearby hospital with at least three gunshot wounds.
According to the statement of the surviving agent, the officers they were preparing to withdraw A group of people who ingest alcoholic beverages, composed of Three men and three women. When trying to identify them, one of the individuals shot at the deceased officer, while the Juan tried to repel the aggression.
Two of the attackers were injured, but managed to flee among the inhabitants, who ran to protect themselves when they heard the detonations.
It was reported that the Juj managed to survive thanks to the carrying of a bulletproof vest.
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Research and raids
The District Prosecutor’s Office of the Public Ministry of Sacatepéquez, in coordination with the PNC, carried out the proceedings of search, inspection, registration and kidnapping of evidence in Santo Domingo Xenacoj as part of the investigation of the attack.
The first investigations indicate that the agents, assigned to the Sumpano substation, made a tour when they tried to identify a group of six people. When resisting, the individuals drew a firearm and shot at the officers.
As a result of research, Julio “N”, 18 years old, was coordinatedpresumed responsible for the homicide of agent Sac Palma and the injuries inflicted to his partner.
In honor of the fallen agent, the PNC held a posthumous farewell act at the headquarters of the 74 police station, headed by the General Police Commissioner and the Head of Operations, with the presence of fellow and relatives of the deceased officer.
The National Civil Police regrets the death of the agent of PNC Mateo Enrique Sac Pacajá, who died in fulfillment of duty during an armed attack in Sumpango, Sacatepéquez. pic.twitter.com/prhyfnruz2
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) February 23, 2025