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Moped driver injured during collision with motor vehicle in Waterbury

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Moped driver injured during collision with motor vehicle in Waterbury

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A man was injured when the moped he was driving was involved in a collision with a vehicle in Waterbury on Thursday night. The crash was reported around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Hill Street and Moran Street, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department. Emergency crews found that the collision involved a moped and a vehicle. The operator of the moped suffered injuries not believed to be life-threatening and was taken to…See the Story

Carretera Cito Zarco on the Verge of Collapse

Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu

Carretera Cito Zarco on the Verge of Collapse

The Cito Zarco road, at kilometre 189, the passage between San Felipe, Retalhuleu and Quetzaltenango remains at risk. The huge socavón that has been formed by the constant rains threatens to completely disable this key stretch of the route between the south coast and the Guatemalan highlands. The municipal authorities have begun emergency work that includes the construction of a hammock bridge and the reinstallation of the drinking water network…Read Article

Firefighters Control Vehicle Fire

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Firefighters Control Vehicle Fire

A vehicle fire was recorded in a site located in Cantón Siglo Dos, Santa Cruz Muluá, department of Retalhuleu. The flames consumed part of the land, threatening to spread to other parked vehicles. Thanks to the rapid intervention of the elements of the ASONBOMDGT station in Santa Cruz Muluá, who came with units AD-169 and BSF-01, the fire was suffocated and a major emergency was avoided. Despite the deviceious nature of the accident, no injured …Read Article

PNC Prevents Armed Attack and Capture of Suspected Hit Man

By Mario Tumin On Sunday, agents of Police Station 34 of the National Civil Police (PNC) arrested in the village El Xab, El Asintal, Retalhuleu, Juan «N», 21, alias «Flaco». The arrest was in follow-up to complaints, in which they alerted about an armed attack against transport pilots [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

Identified Body Found in Artisanal Well in Retalhuleu

By Mario Tumin As Manuel Estuardo Pérez Tojil, 24, was identified the body found, this Sunday, in an artisanal well in Finca Brussels, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu. According to authorities the body has blows. Relatives, who came to the place, indicated that Pérez left his house yesterday afternoon and did not return to [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

56 and 64 Years in Prison for Murder of Pilot and Bus Assistant

By Mario Tumin The Court of Criminal Judgment, Narcoactivity and Crimes Against the Environment of Retalhuleu sentenced Noé Antonio Monterroso Cruz, 23, and Douglas Amílcar Méndez Barrios, 27, originally from Villa Nueva, Guatemala, for the murder of César Adán Ramírez and Melvin Estuardo Escobar López, pilot and assistant, respectively, of [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

Taxi Drivers Block Access to Retalhuleu in Protest Against Municipal Charges News

From early hours this Thursday, the taxi drivers of Retalhuleu began a day of protest by blocking the main accesses to the municipality. The action responds to the rejection of the collection of a municipal tax of Q200 and to a mandatory review that the local commune intends to impose. The dissatisfied assures that the high cost of fuel and maintenance of their units prevents them from assuming a new charge. One of the protesters said: Read also…Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

School Classes in Retalhuleu Are Suspended, Why?

By Mario Tumin This Thursday and Friday teachers join the Permanent Assembly convened by the Guatemalan Education Workers Union (STEG) and therefore will suspend classes. Next week, as announced by the teachers, the classes will be irregular (one day yes and another no). Teachers demand improvements [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

Former Candidate for Mayor of Champerico, Kenny Vallejo Ramos News

The violence in Champerico continues to increase. On Tuesday, armed individuals murdered Kenny Emilio Vallejo Ramos, 50, who was a candidate for mayor of the municipality in the last elections with the Bien Estar Nacional party (BIEN). The attack occurred in the village of El Rosario, Retalhuleu, when Vallejo was on his way to his home. The aggressors escaped immediately after the attack. Read also: Quiché records 46 arrests for gender-based vio…Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

Champerico Volunteer Firefighters Receive Tanker Truck

By Mario Tumin This Monday, Volunteer Firefighters of the 13 Company of Champerico, Retalhuleu, receive a tanker truck to fight structural, forest and grassland fires. According to the rescuers they knocked doors and counted with the support of the legislator, Wily Ralda, of the district of Retalhuleu, who managed before the central station. After two [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

Neighbors Manage Mechanical Well and Tank Reactivation

By Mario Tumin Neighbors of the Recinos sector, village San Luis, San Sebastián, Retalhuleu, will have a drinking water service because the project of a mechanical well and its elevated tank was reactivated. This project remains if it works since 2021, because it did not have electricity. Neighbors managed to become [...]Retalhuleu · Retalhuleu Read Article

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