The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense reported one person dead and that the injured officer is out of danger.
Mexico City, December 9 (However).- Alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel Yesterday they attacked six communities in Guatemalalocated in the frontera with Mexico, which resulted in a cash of the Guatemalan army woundedand dead civilian and a arrested.
“This December 8, unidentified illegal armed groups illegally entered the national territory, specifically on the dividing line between Guatemala-Mexico, in the departments of Huehuetenango and San Marcos,” the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense reported in a statement.
According to the Ministry, soldiers of the Guatemalan army were carrying out routine patrols in the Agua Zarca Village, Huehuetenango, when one of these groups was detected.
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The authorities explained that a confrontation occurred. “Responding immediately to the attack, a junior officer was injured in one of his lower extremities,” they indicated.
The Ministry of Defense reported one person dead. The injured officer is out of danger.
The military units reinforced operations in the area, as a result of these actions the arrest of a person, weapons, explosives, accessories and drones was achieved, which were made available to the corresponding authorities; Likewise, coordination is being carried out with the Secretariat of National Defense (Defense) of Mexico.
“The Guatemalan Army reaffirms its commitment to continue strengthening its actions on land, air and sea to guarantee the sovereignty of the national territory and safeguard the lives of the population,” concluded the Ministry of Defense.
This morning, the Secretary of National Defense, Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, indicated that a plan was agreed with the Guatemalan authorities to carry out coincident operations along the southern border to combat drug trafficking.
“Instructions were issued to the southeastern military air region, based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, to carry out reconnaissance flights along the border on the side of Mexican territory,” he announced.