Two alleged “coyotes” were captured while transporting 20 migrants in Jutiapa

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Two alleged “coyotes” were captured while transporting 20 migrants in Jutiapa

Twenty people from Ecuador, Peru, Cuba, Turkey, Bangladesh and India were travelling illegally through Jutiapa.

Police officers in Jutiapa arrested two alleged “coyotes” who were transporting 20 illegal migrants of different nationalities in agricultural vehicles. (Photo Prensa Libre: PNC).

Agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) arrested two men in the La Felicidad neighborhood, Agua Blanca, Jutiapa, who were driving agricultural-type vehicles when They were transporting a group of irregular migrants.

Yurvin “N”, 28 years old” and Camilo “N”, 37, were arrested aboard the trucks with the license plates P – 477DTT and P – 981KJC.

According to police information, those captured They illegally mobilized eight Ecuadorians, six Cubans, one Peruviana Turk, three people from Bangladesh and one person from India. For the moment, the PNC has not given details of the number of men and women in this group of migrants, nor their ages.

The PNC reports that the two men were brought before a judge competent to resolve your legal situation.

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In addition, the Vehicles are detained at the police station from Jutiapa.

The 20 migrants were assisted and transferred to the headquarters of the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM), located on the border of Aguas Calientes, Esquipulas, and Chiquimula.

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The PNC also captured Hugo “N”, 38, in zone 4 of Huehuetenango, since He was illegally carrying a pistolas well as three hoppers and 31 ammunitions were seized.

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Leonel “N”, 45, was arrested by the PNC in Santo Tomás de Castilla, Puerto Barrios, Izabal, after a citizen complaint, as he was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol and He threatened pedestrians with a firearm.