According to the investigators of the case, The shooting occurred in zone 10 on Monday, April 7, it could be related to drug trafficking and money laundering in nightclubs in zones 9, 10 and 14 of the capital.
That day, three people were attacked that moved in a Picop. On the scene Juan Luis González, 38, died, who was located in a vehicle in which he is presumed to travel as a co -pilot.
The injured were identified as Gerson Leonidas Flores López, 34, and Mariana Montoya Correa, 25, of Colombian nationality.
The researchers pointed out that there are two lines of research on the attack, and both link to the structure of the caradura and the mara salvatrucha (MS).
It was pointed out that the cars paid the MS to protect their businesses and distribute drugs in the metropolitan area, but for about a year that alliance could have finished and a struggle began through the square – the cocaine business and Tusi – commented.
The first line of research is the alliance of El Salvador gang members with the MS of Guatemala to seize drug trafficking in the metropolitan area, which is controlled by the caradura.
The deceased and the injured are allegedly part of the harass and were ambushed by two hitmen who were driving on a motorcycle, they said.
In the orange peak glass with black, model 2025, it had a sign that said “elite”, and according to those in charge of the case, it is followed up to determine if it is part of a nightclub with that same name, located about 400 meters from the place where the attack occurred.
The second line of investigation refers to an adjustment of accounts within the same criminal structure of Los Carura, for apparently stealing money and drugs that are distributed in the nightclubs of the capital.
Other attacks in which the caraures are involved
The shooting on the 12th street and 4th Avenue in Zone 9on December 3, 2024, he evidenced the distribution and sale of the drug called Tusi in the capital.
The fact was recorded by a driver, and in the images it is observed how two subjects aboard a motorcycle approach the black car with 751JVH plates; Seconds later, the motorcycle co -pilot shoots against Luis Alfredo Arias Zuleta.
According to researchers of the case, Arias Zuleta allegedly sold Tusi – also known as pink cocaine – in discos in zones 9, 10 and 14 capital, territory where the band Los Carrera operates.
According to the General Subdirectorate of Anti -Narcotics Information Analysis (SGAIA) of the National Civil Police, the Synthetic Drug Tusi was first detected in the country in 2019.
They added that it is an “elite” drug, because it has spread rapidly among young people and upper class people.
The researchers pointed out that in December 2024 they began to follow up the intellectual author of the attack against Zuleta, but the investigations have taken them to homes and apartments located in the Zone 14 and on the road to El Salvadorwhere the leaders inhabit.
The majority of the bosses of Los Caradura no longer live in the El Gallito neighborhood, zone 3. In that sector there are only their arms operators, the researcher explained Free press.
He emphasized that this same criminal gang is linked to Attacks against PNC agents —The fact that occurred on March 9, 2024 in zone 3 – and with the disappearance of five men in a disco in zone 9.
On that same occasion, the Prosecutor’s Office of Narcoactivity Crimes of the Public Ministry (MP) indicated that they have evidenced the existence of large groups dedicated to drug trafficking.
“Unfortunately, Guatemala has already become a country that consumes more drugs,” said the Prosecutor’s Office.
They added that the investigations have determined that there are structures with the ability to transfer drugs nationwide, and that this is distributed in homes that serve as distribution centers or in discos from departmental headwaters.
This 2024 se dismantled in two phases a structure which provided retail drugs, whose operations center was in zone 3, in the so -called El Gallito neighborhood, and another in zone 7, in the Bethania and La Verbena colonies, the MP reported.
These places, according to the investigations, were centers of operations from where a large -scale drug was distributed.
Los Caradura Sicario is killed in prison
PNC authorities confirmed on March 13 that Luis Alfredo Álvarez Rivera29 years old, he was located dead in the Pavoncito prison.
According to the police institution, Álvarez was a hitman of the criminal structure “Los Carura” and several armed attacks were attributed to Villa Canales.
According to the authorities of the Penitentiary System (SP), the inmate was located dead in the early hours of Sunday, March 9, and the Public Ministry (MP) carry out the investigations.
They added that Álvarez Rivera entered the Detention Center on March 7.
The investigators of the case commented that the cars operate that way: they kill their hitmen so that they do not reveal details of their operations.
It is a characteristic of this criminal structure to eliminate those who put their illegal activities at risk, the source said.
Cap -up leaders
Last year, the PNC and the MP apprehended at least five people linked to the Los Carrera band, dedicated to drug trafficking, trade and storage.
Carlos Roberto Ortiz Romero, aka Gorgojo, 46, was one of the detainees and is indicated as one of the leaders of the structure.
Gorgojo is indicated of the crimes of conspiracy for trade, traffic and illicit storage; In addition, conspiracy for murder and criminal associations. He is investigated for the disappearance of five men in a nightclub in zone 9.
Another of those arrested was Ángel Humberto Alfaro Bran, aka Ángel, 56, identified as the second head of the criminal structure. The MP accuses it of conspiracy for trade, traffic and illicit storage, and criminal associations.
The lawyer and notary Ana Carolina Rodas García, alias Carol, 36, was also captured. She is originally from San Marcos and is syndicated by the crimes of conspiracy for trade, traffic and illicit storage, and criminal associations.
The investigations reveal that Rodas García has provided professional services to the municipalities of Tejutla and San Marcos.
Likewise, Luis Eduardo Rojas Chivicho, 41, a native of the capital, is indicated as an operational piece in the distribution of narcotics in different points and businesses in the city of Guatemala. He was arrested during raids in the El Gallito neighborhood, zone 3.
The fifth arrested was Andy Rolando Martínez de la Roca, aka, 34, for the crimes of conspiracy for trade, traffic and illicit storage, conspiracy for murder and criminal associations. Martínez de la Roca was captured in the Amparo II neighborhood, zone 7.