US EditionGuatemala Files Formal Protest After Chiapas Police Incite Gun Battle Across Border
- On June 8, a violent clash occurred in Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas, between Mexican security forces and alleged criminals who fled across the Guatemalan border.
- The clash followed an operation ordered by Governor Eduardo Ramírez after five state police were murdered on June 2, leading to a cross-border pursuit.
- Videos showed Chiapas police units crossing at high speed into Guatemalan territory without authorization, prompting President Claudia Sheinbaum to confirm and condemn the raid on Tuesday.
- Sheinbaum called the police action a violation of sovereignty and stated, "Those officers must be sanctioned" while Guatemala filed a formal diplomatic protest demanding an investigation.
- The incident strained Mexico-Guatemala relations, leading to a diplomatic apology and calls for a bilateral task force to improve security coordination against organized crime.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico has offered Tuesday an apology to the Government of Guatemala for the entry of an elite group of the Chiapas police into its territory, according to a statement shared by the network unit.The events to which it refers occurred on the afternoon of last Sunday, when the Chiapas authorities entered the border La Mesilla, Huehuetenango, during a confrontation with a criminal group.Continue reading
On Tuesday, the Guatemalan government sent a diplomatic note protesting Mexico over the incursion of its security forces into the territory of the Central American country last Sunday, during a “confusing” armed confrontation.The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry explained in a statement that the protest note was sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (SRE) for the incidents recorded in La Mesilla, a border town in the municipality of La De…
By Fernando Castellanos On Wednesday, the National Civil Police (PNC) and the Guatemalan Army reinforce security in the village La Mesilla, La Democracia, Huehuetenango, border with Mexico. Security was reinforced due to a shooting, last Sunday, between Mexican authorities and drug traffickers, which left four dead. Authorities reported that [...]
All this is happening in front of the eyes of a group of Guatemalan police who observe, impávidos, that situation.Vehicle VTL armored, manufactured in Mexico, after the attack on state police and a confrontation between the Pakal Immediate Reaction Force of the state of Chiapas and suspected members of a criminal cell, in the Border with Guatemala.Sign via X by JAQCThe Guatemalan authorities gave a press conference in which the Defense Minister,…
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