Agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) located a redoubt used as a den of Mara Salvatrucha members, in Zone 8 of Mixco, where several indications seized and captured a Salvadoran.
Researchers from the National Division against Criminal Development of the Gangs (Diponda) discovered on Tuesday, April 15, a den of alleged members of that criminal organization, where a Salvadoran was apprehended to whom the rank of hitman is attributed, official sources reported.
The PNC described this operation as a “hard blow to the criminal structure of the Mara Salvatrucha in Mixco”, since the detainee, identified as Noah “C.”, 18, aka Troca, a stolen gun, ammunition, drugs, cash and two motorcycles with theft report was seized.
“The coordinated work between the Diponda and Prosecutor’s investigators of the Public Prosecutor In the 19th Avenue 3-97, Sector B-3, Zone 8 of Mixco, where a mareros lair was dismantled, ”the PNC published on its social networks.
The institution added that the detainee belongs to the direct clicks Crazy Salvatrucha, where he would have a hitman’s rank in El Salvador.
In the property, the researchers located a Bull Cherokee pistol, stolen on December 20, 2024 on Vista Hermosa Boulevard, zone 15; 294 ammunition of different caliber; two gun hoppers; nine cell phones; three SIM cards; three bags with marijuana; two tactical vests with the “Marina” and badges of the PNC; a motorist helmet; five dollars; two lempiras; Q376; and two motorcycles with M-820kzg and M-581LK circulation plates, both with theft report.
Gangs in Guatemala, Mara Salvatrucha, PNC of Guatemala, Violence in Mixco
Hard blow to the criminal structure of Mara Salvatrucha in Mixco
They dismantle a lair of mareros and capture the Salvadoran aka “troca” with stolen gun, ammunition, drugs, money, and two stolen motorcycles 1/7 pic.twitter.com/3aqdbjprab
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) April 15, 2025