At least three people died murdered this monday in guatemala During a shooting in the north of the capital of the Central American country. The Guatemalan Volunteer Fire Service reported the deaths of three people shot and others. two more people were injured He was attacked and taken to hospital.
The attack took place in a neighborhood in the north of Guatemala City, specifically in District 18 of the 25 districts that make up Guatemala City. The fatal victims of the attack were two women and a man who were found “inside” a house in the area. Volunteer Firefighters said another man and another woman were “transferred” to a hospital “with several gunshot wounds in different parts of his body”. The circumstances in which the murders were recorded are being investigated by the security forces and the Ministry of Public Affairs, who have not made any statement on the matter.
Guatemala is one of the 20 most violent countries in the worldAccording to international organizations and throughout 2021, it recorded a total of 4,078 homicides, 16.5% more than the 3,500 reported in 2020. According to official figures, the country headed by Alejandro Giammattei records 11.2 murders per day, almost every single murder. two hours.
On May 8, the bodies of four members of a family missing since May 4 were found in a remote community in northern Guatemala. The family lived in the eastern part of Jutiapa, in the municipality of San José Atescatempa, on the border with El Salvador.
Homicides in Guatemala increased by 16% in the first four months of 2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to data from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif).
Source: Informacion
