Members of the Peasant Development Committee (Codeca), the Peasant Committee of the Altiplano, the National Front of Struggle and student organizations in resistance from the University of San Carlos (Usac) will demonstrate this Wednesday, April 22 at strategic points in Guatemala City.
According to the organizers, the mobilizations will take place in the “four cardinal points” of the capital.
The protesters will concentrate in El Trébol, the Ring Road, the Obelisco area and Martí Street, so the Municipal Traffic Police foresees complications in traffic.
The mobilizations will be against the re-election of Walter Mazariegos as rector of the Usac and against the high price of fuel. They will also demand that President Bernardo Arévalo “break with the pacts of impunity in the election of the attorney general and guarantee a Public Ministry at the service of justice, not the powerful.”
Groups of protesters have already begun to mobilize and traffic is beginning to become complicated in the capital.
April 22, 2026, 07:30 a.m.
Protesters gather in the Peripheral Ring
A group of protesters meets and organizes in the Periférico Ring, under the Bethania bridge, in front of the Cuatro de Febrero neighborhood, zone 7.
More people arrive to participate in the marches announced by various groups, where they make some demands.
Another group is concentrating and organizing in Periférico, under the Bethania bridge, in front of the Cuatro de Febrero neighborhood, zone 7.
Via: Ángel Barrondo. #22Apr26PMT pic.twitter.com/Sd46IPW4Ys
— Amilcar Montejo (@amilcarmontejo) April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026, 07:25h
Demonstration begins from Plaza el Obelisco
Amílcar Montejo, PMT road spokesman, reports that the mobilization began from Plaza el Obelisco. The demonstration will move on Reforma Avenue, then take 7th Avenue in Zone 4 towards Zone 1.
April 22, 2026, 07:20 a.m.
Blockade on the Aguilar Batres road
Another blockade is recorded on the Aguilar Batres road and 4th street, zone 12, where the circulation of vehicles is affected.
Blockade on Aguilar Batres road and 4 zone 12 street by protesters, affecting circulation in the sector and detours are coordinated
We work to improve mobility in the area#Zone12 #Prevention #MobilityGT #MTPolice #AmilcarMontejo #CautionWhileTransiting pic.twitter.com/TORXhhJOlL
— MT Police Guatemala City (@PMTMuniGuate) April 22, 2026
April 22, 2026, 07:05h
Demonstration begins in zone 6 area
The PMT of the capital reports a blockade by protesters on 5th Street heading north, zone 6. The blockade affects circulation in the sector and agents coordinate detours.
Blockade by protesters on 5th street heading north, zone 6, affects circulation in the sector and detours are coordinated
We work to improve mobility in the area#Zone6 #Prevention #MobilityGT #MTPolice #AmilcarMontejo #CautionWhileTransiting pic.twitter.com/1tDPERiAaP
— MT Police Guatemala City (@PMTMuniGuate) April 22, 2026
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