Guatemalan lawmaker and three police officers killed in armed attack
Summary
Guatemalan Congressman Julio Portillo and three National Civil Police officers were killed in an armed attack on Friday in Rio Hondo, Zacapa department. Authorities have not disclosed a motive or identified those responsible, and they have not established a link to the recent killing of a former prosecutor.Key Facts
- The attack targeted Portillo in Rio Hondo, in eastern Guatemala’s Zacapa department.
- Portillo was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, and his death was later confirmed by his party, National Unity of Hope (UNE).
- Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo said the three police officers died in the line of duty and directed security forces to cooperate with prosecutors.
- Authorities have not identified the attackers or established a motive.
- Portillo won a congressional seat in 2023 for the Cabal party and later joined UNE.
- The killings occurred about three weeks after former anticorruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa was shot dead in Guatemala City.
- Authorities have not established a connection between the two attacks.
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