Through a message on their profile on the social network
The PNC stressed in the text that this individual was in this territory, in that border area, after escaping the war against gangs in his native country.
Because he was found irregularly and did not comply with the protocols, he was sent to the Guatemalan Migration Institute on the San Cristóbal border, Atescatempa municipality, Jutiapa and handed over to the authorities of El Salvador, he added in the message.
Of the total identified by the National Division against the Criminal Development of Gangs, 14 are in prison in the land of the quetzal and 27 were handed over to the authorities of their homeland.
On January 5, 2024, the PNC expelled the first gang member from the nation, named Gerson José Rubio Amaya, alias “Popeye”, 27 years old, alleged member of the dangerous Salvatrucha gang.
A court in Santa Ana, capital city of the Salvadoran coffee department of the same name, had been looking for Rubio Amaya since November 25, 2022.
His criminal history included theft, receiving and illicit trafficking, while the arrest occurred near the Melchor de Mencos border crossing, in eastern Petén, bordering Mexico.
Guatemala captured 112 alleged gang members from El Salvador in 2023 as part of the fight in force today against transnational crime by the Ministry of the Interior.
The head of that portfolio Francisco Jiménez, who took office on January 15, ratified on several occasions the commitment of the new authorities to combat gangs and organized crime in the nation.
One of the main challenges of the country’s president, Bernardo Arévalo, and his administration, local analysts warned, is the existing citizen insecurity in the 22 departments, caused by these organizations, imitators and others.
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