Alleged gang member “Monkey” is captured after having shot a person in zone 3

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Alleged gang member “Monkey” is captured after having shot a person in zone 3

Police arrest man who tried to escape after killing a person in Zone 3 of the capital city.

Police officers arrest a suspected member of the Mara Salvatrucha gang in Zone 3 of Guatemala City. (Photo Prensa Libre: PNC).

After hearing gunshots, officers from the 11th precinct of the National Civil Police (PNC) carried out an operation to locate the responsible for such shooting.

In the 30th Street and 8th Avenue in Zone 3 from Guatemala City, Marlon “N”, 22 years old, alias “Monkey”, alleged member of the Mara Salvatrucha.

PNC spokesman Edwin Monroy explained that the subject was trying to escape after allegedly shoot a personaged 25, causing his death.

At the time of his arrest also A firearm was seized from him with a scratched record, one charge and six rounds of ammunition, which he was carrying without a license.

“Monkey” was captured and put in a patrol car on the perimeter of the San Juan de Dios General Hospital. (Photo Prensa Libre: National Civil Police).

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Other captures

The PNC complied with a court order against Lorenzo “N”, 47, in zone 3 of Escuintla, accused of laundering of money or other assets from June 10, 2024.

By usurpation of protected areas and an attack against the natural and cultural heritage of the nation, Filiberto “N”, 34, was arrested at kilometer 92 on the route that leads from El Jícaro, El Progreso, to Zacapa.

In the Las Vírgenes hamlet, El Tumbador, San Marcos, the Police arrested Keneth “N”, 23, who has been wanted by a Villa Nueva court since August 30 for extortion.

Evelin “N”, 42, is also wanted since the same date as the latter and for the same crime, she was captured in the Atlantis colonyzone 18 of the capital.