Justice The PNC reported that in a hospital the suspect remains of killing an agent in Sumpano, Sacatepéquez. PNC agent delivers notification to suspect of having participated in attack where an agent died in Sumpango. (Free Press Photo: PNC) The National Civil Police (PNC) reported that Julio “N”, 18, was notified of a arrest warrant...
21 years have passed since the National Civil Police (PNC) identified the first cases of extortion; At that time, without “any degree of danger.” Nowadays, the accusations reach millionaire figures, although the mediation of the authorities can avoid payment in eight out of 10 cases. The last week, the police declared a frontal fight against...
The police authorities indicated that between 2024 and what goes from 2025 identified 20 telephone numbers from which several extortion calls have been made. The calls have been made from the Canada prisons in Escuintla; Pavón, Fraijanes; Cantel, Quetzaltenango and Puerto Barrios, Izabal. The director of the PNC, David Custodio Boty, says that this problem...
These extortion tables, according to the PNC, are developed when an extortionist leader meets, who can be a sector leader who has several phones in his possession and who brings together with prisoners “experts in threats and extortive speech”. To each of these inmates the leader gives them a phone with balance and internet to...
The ambition to get public office has no rest in some politicians who, after having failed in the last electoral event, seek to integrate new organizations to achieve their mission. The data of the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) confirm that seven committees that seek to be political parties for the 2027 elections have as common...
Events The step is blocked at kilometer 46.5 of the Inter -American Route for the accident of a trailer. Involved trailer in km 46.5 of the Inter -American Route. (Free Press Photo: Víctor Chamalé) The morning of this Monday, February 24, a trailer knocked several high voltage posts and cables at kilometer 46.5 of the...
Community A demonstration complicates vehicular mobility this Monday at kilometer 36 of the Route to Pacific. The Municipal Traffic Police of Villa Nueva informed that a blockade is recorded at kilometer 36 of the Route to Pacific. He added that the demonstration affects vehicular mobility to the south from that municipality. The protesters have placed...
On Friday, March 16, 2023, at Southwark Crown Court, Mohammed Zina was sentenced to twenty-two months in prison after being found guilty by a jury on Thursday, March 15, of six counts of insider trading and three counts of fraud. The case was prosecuted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with Peter Carter KC leading...
AFP – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble director Rajat Gupta on Tuesday with insider trading in a high-profile hedge fund case. The SEC announced the charges for “illegally tipping off Galleon Management founder and hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with inside information about the quarterly...
In recent years, a concerning trend has emerged in Latin America’s corporate landscape: powerful U.S. investment funds using financial and legal strategies to take control of regional companies. Among the most notorious players in this game are Goldman Sachs and PepperTree Capital Management, which have repeatedly been accused of leveraging their financial influence to seize...