In a shopping center of the Atlantic Route, Zone 17, investigators of the Specialized Division in Criminal Investigation (DEIC) of the National Civil Police (PNC) captured three people who They intended to sell a stolen vehicle in Marketplace.
According to the police report, two of the detainees are uncle and nephew and belong to a band of scammers. The captured are Jesus “D”, 25; Brandon “D”, 21, both relatives, and Kevin “A”, 25.
The owner of the vehicle found denounced that on April 8 he took his car to a straightening and painting workshop located in Villa Hermosa I, San Miguel Petapa, and paid an advance of Q1 thousand 500 for repair.
However, when days later he returned through the car, The business was empty and closed. He tried to look for the owner, without success.
By chance, he found in Facebook Marketplace that his Mitsubishi car, silver color, 2008 model, was on sale. Coordinated with DEIC researchers to recover it and achieve the capture of the scammers, who, according to the investigations, belong to A criminal band also dedicated to the falsification and theft of vehicles which are then offered on social networks.
This time they failed to realize the scam, since they were captured. In the cabin of the recovered vehicle a certificate of property of the Superintendence of Tax Administration (SAT) was found, which would have been obtained with counterfeit documents, and a simple copy of Personal Identification Document (DPI) on behalf of another person.
They capture three scaming band members that sold in Marketplace stolen vehicle
Among them uncle and nephew involved
A complaint allows investigators of the #Deic Villa Nueva delegation, located and captured in a shopping center located in the km. 5. 1/7 pic.twitter.com/jnolfr6kpj
– PNC of Guatemala (@pncdeguatemala) April 27, 2025
Linked to process
On April 28, a judge on duty decided to link Brandon Abraham Dávila, Jesson Eduardo Dávila and Kevin Eduardo Morales, for his own cover.
The three were captured at kilometer 5 of the route to the Atlantic when he intended to sell a vehicle which was offered on social networks, after a complaint of the owner.
According to research, the vehicle was delivered to repairs, however, the owner realized what was offered for sale on social networks.
The syndicates were benefited with a substitute measure of house arrest, in addition to the payment of an economic bond, whose amount that was not specified. The file will continue to be known by the Third Court of First Criminal Instance.