The Ministry of the Interior identified a group that, according to the main line of investigation, would be linked to acts of alleged social cleansing in Petén, including the attack that occurred in the El Milagro neighborhood San Benito, where five people died. The Minister of the Interior, Marco Antonio Villeda, reported that the structure...
The Tenth Criminal Sentencing Court postponed to August 10 the continuation of the trial against Marvin Estuardo Alfaro Bravo, alias “Stuart”, accused by the Public Ministry (MP) of laundering money from drug trafficking activities and directing a criminal structure that, allegedly, had the collaboration of agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) to avoid his...
Romeo Ramos Cruzformer mayor of Santa Lucía CotzumalguapaEscuintlapleaded guilty this Monday before a court of USA of conspiring to traffic cocaine to that country, where he remains detained after being extradited in August 2025. He United States Department of Justice reported that Ramos Cruz, of 58 yearsadmitted his responsibility in the crime of conspiracy to...
The Ministry of the Interior identified that a criminal network led by an inmate known as the Mingawho coordinated extortion, hitmen, drug dealing and human trafficking from the Izabal prison. The transfer of 56 inmates sparked a dispute over control of the prison that left three prisoners murdered and later charred. For years, a criminal...
The Ninth Criminal Sentencing Court postponed this Monday, July 27, the hearing to review coercive measures of Jose Ruben Zamora, in which he would request authorization to leave the country for medical reasons. In statements to the media, the journalist indicated that the request is due to problems with one of his knees. The Court...
The Departmental Municipal Firefighters shared details of an armed incident recorded in the village of Mesillas Bajas, Amatitlán, where an agent of the National Civil Police (PNC) and a civilian died on Sunday, July 26. They added that another PNC agent was injured in the left leg, for which he was taken in a patrol...
The Municipal Traffic Police (PMT) of Villa Nueva reported on a caravan of heavy transport that is moving along the route to the Pacific towards the capital, in protest against the price of fuel. Henry Quevedo, spokesperson for the PMT, indicated that the caravan began at kilometer 22 of that route and is scheduled to...
In Bárcenas, Villa Nueva, police from the National Division against the Criminal Development of Gangs captured a man and a woman, accused of intending to carry out an armed attack. The National Civil Police (PNC) reported this Monday, July 27, that both were traveling on a motorcycle and tried to flee. He indicated that, during...
In its meteorological bulletin, Insivumeh detailed what the weather conditions will be in Guatemala from Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31. During this week, areas with fog are expected in the early hours of the morning and during the night, as well as a warm and humid environment during the day. In addition, rain...
The database of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Marn) records 486 points throughout the country that have become illegal garbage dumpsto which organic waste, sanitary waste, plastic, paper, cardboard, glass and ferrous material arrive. There are 337 thousand 341.89 meters of land where people throw their waste without any control. The departments of...