Guatemalan Narcos Carry
Powerful Weapons
Alleged drug-dealer
groups that clashed in a
battle in the Zacapa
department had powerful
weapons as those used by
the US army, the
Guatemalan media
reported on Thursday.
They were carrying 16
AR-15 and M-16 rifles,
all made in USA, 14
pistols, several
fragmentation grenades
and around 500
ammunitions.
"Only a group devoted to
drug traffic is able to
buy those kinds of
weapons and carry them
with total impunity,"
National Civil Police
Deputy Director Henry
Lopez told the Prensa
Libre daily.
The events happened at a
beach resort in the
Guatemalan eastern
region on Tuesday, when
two gangs clashed in a
shooting that resulted
in 11 deaths, seven
wounded people and six
detainees, including
Guatemalan and Mexican
citizens.
Preliminary information
revealed that there was
a combat between
followers of Juan Jose
Leon, known as Juanucho,
supposed head of
Zacapa's cartel, and the
men of Mexican capo
Joaquin, El Chapo,
Guzman.
The authorities hold
several hypotheses about
the killing, including
that the local drug
dealers robbed drug from
the Mexican group or
that El Chapo Guzman had
ordered to kill the
Guatemalan cartel's
leader to grab control
of the country's
northeastern region. |
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