The Telematics Control Unit (UCT) of the Ministry of the Interior (Mingob) reported that to date, 19 people are using the aforementioned control and monitoring device, because they were benefited with substitute measures by the Judicial Branch (OJ). The Director of the UCT, Alejandro Quevedo, indicated that 1 device has been installed in June, 3 … Read more
The Deputy Director of the Civil national police (PNC), David Boteo announced that the cocaine trade has decreased, and that it is the gangs who, due to connections with the Mexican drug cartels, try to bring in new narcotics, according to anti-narcotics authorities. From this account, they have identified that there is a new drug … Read more
Philip Gordon, National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harriswill carry out an official visit to Guatemala and El Salvador between this Monday and Tuesday, according to a diplomatic source. Gordon will be accompanied by a delegation of high-level US officials. Among these is the deputy administrator of the United … Read more
If you owe Q1 thousand for a traffic fine with the municipality of Guatemala, you can pay half, Q500. This was approved by the municipal council at the beginning of November (agreement 45-202). The mayor’s office established to forgive up to 50% of each penalty imposed by the Municipal Traffic Police (PMT). Nor will it … Read more
After the inauguration of the new Supreme Court of Justice for the period 2019 – 2024 and the election of Oscar Cruz as president of the Judicial systemFinally, the plenary session of magistrates has integrated with the new leaders of the country’s justice, the 3 chambers that make up the Court and that have in … Read more
The 13 new judges of the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala assumed their positions and appointed lawyer Óscar Ruperto Cruz Oliva, who in the past was accused of a corruption case, as president of the Judicial Branch. The new magistracy took office on Friday night, for one year, to complete the 2019-2024 period. This … Read more
He Minister of the InteriorByron Bor Illescas, appointed a new leadership of the National Civil Police (PNC), so as of this Thursday the general director of the PNC is the general commissioner and graduate in criminology and criminalistics, Adal Amilton Rodríguez Najarro, of 46 years old, who replaces the general commissioner, Edwin Ardiano López. Rodríguez … Read more
Journalists in Guatemala are persecuted by the same actors who have tried to judicialize the elections held this year, according to a preliminary report from the Inter American Press Society (SIP) which must be approved this Sunday by the Press Freedom Commission in the Assembly. The document indicates that press freedom in Guatemala has been … Read more
The Comptroller General of Accounts published on October 31 in the Diario de Centro América the agreement A-081-2023, which creates the Computer System for the Registration and Verification of Middle Level Academic Titles and Diplomas, issued by the Ministry of Education. With this new regulation, intermediate level students will be able to register their degree … Read more
The director of a high-security prison in Guatemala, located inside a military barracks, was shot dead this Saturday by an unknown person, according to various official sources. The armed attack took place this Saturday morning on a street in the center of Guatemala City, where Édwin David Patzán González, 32, lost his life, according to … Read more