{"id":508284,"date":"2026-05-21T18:11:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemalan-police-capture-venezuelan-and-spanish-citizen-wanted-for-homicide-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T22:11:25","slug":"guatemalan-police-capture-venezuelan-and-spanish-citizen-wanted-for-homicide-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemalan-police-capture-venezuelan-and-spanish-citizen-wanted-for-homicide-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan police capture Venezuelan and Spanish citizen wanted for homicide in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"In a joint operation between the <strong>General Sub-Directorate of Criminal Investigation<\/strong> and <strong>INTERPOL Guatemala<\/strong>, security agents arrested in the village of <strong>Shinshin<\/strong>, municipality of <strong>Gual\u00e1n, Zacapa<\/strong>, <strong>Isaac Antonio Sol\u00eds Figueroa<\/strong>, a citizen with dual <strong>Venezuelan and Spanish<\/strong> nationality, who is wanted by the justice system of <strong>Spain<\/strong> on charges of homicide. The arrest was made following an arrest warrant for extradition purposes issued on May 19, 2026.\n\nAccording to official information, <strong>Sol\u00eds Figueroa<\/strong> is identified as the alleged responsible for <strong>the death of a man who was his friend<\/strong> in the Forestal Prado Ovejero park, in Spanish territory.\n\nThe case dates back to August 18, 2025, the date on which the victim was reported missing and whose body was located five days later. The Spanish authorities accuse the detainee under article 138 of the <strong>Criminal Code<\/strong>, which typifies the crime of homicide.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/guatemala\/2026\/05\/21\/capturan-en-guatemala-a-presunto-lider-narco-requerido-por-estados-unidos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>According to reports, <strong>after the crime, the suspect allegedly used the victim&#8217;s mobile phone to communicate with the deceased&#8217;s mother, pretending to be him and claiming he was working in Valencia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nWe recommend reading:\n\nThis maneuver initially prevented the family from suspecting the disappearance. In addition, the detainee allegedly accessed the victim&#8217;s bank cards, managing to steal&nbsp;<strong>15,222.54 euros<\/strong>&nbsp;in four separate withdrawals.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/guatemala\/2026\/05\/21\/guatemala-la-policia-nacional-civil-y-el-sistema-penitenciario-reportan-deceso-de-interno-en-renovacion-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a>The police forces placed <strong>Sol\u00eds Figueroa<\/strong> at the disposal of the judicial authorities to comply with the extradition process requested by <strong>Spain<\/strong>. Investigations continue to clarify all the circumstances of the case and collaborate with the Spanish justice in the transfer of the detainee.<\/p>\n\n\nIsaac Sol\u00eds Figueroa, with dual Venezuelan and Spanish nationality, faces homicide charges following the death of his friend in Spain in August 2025.\n\nSo far this year, the security forces of <strong>Guatemala<\/strong> have reported the capture of <strong>26 people with extradition orders<\/strong>, of which <strong>16 correspond to crimes related to drug trafficking and 10 to other crimes<\/strong>, including the homicide imputed to <strong>Sol\u00eds Figueroa<\/strong>.\n\nThe coordination between <strong>INTERPOL<\/strong> and the Guatemalan police allowed the location of the suspect in a rural area, which facilitated the execution of the international order and underlines the collaboration between both countries in criminal justice matters.\n\nThe <strong>extraditions<\/strong> from <strong>Guatemala<\/strong> are concentrated in cases of <strong>drug trafficking<\/strong>, <strong>trafficking<\/strong> and <strong>organized crime<\/strong> destined for <strong>United States<\/strong>, in addition to processes for common crimes towards neighboring countries, according to the text released on these cases.\n\nIn <strong>May 2026<\/strong>, authorities handed over to the United States a man linked to the <strong>Sinaloa Cartel<\/strong> and others accused of conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine, according to the same report.\n\nSol\u00eds Figueroa was captured in the village of Shinshin, Zacapa, and placed at the disposal of the court for the extradition process requested by Spain.\n\nThe text also indicates that in&nbsp;<strong>October 2025<\/strong>&nbsp;the extradition from Guatemala to the United States of a member of a network dedicated to the illicit trafficking of people, linked to the fatal accident of 2021 in&nbsp;<strong>Chiapas<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Mexico<\/strong>, was confirmed.\n\nAmong the aforementioned background are the convictions of the <strong>Lorenzana Lima<\/strong> clan (in 2016 and 2020) and the case of <strong>Mendoza Matta<\/strong>, who, according to the document, operated from the east of the country.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a joint operation between the General Sub-Directorate of Criminal Investigation and INTERPOL Guatemala, security agents arrested in the village of Shinshin, municipality of Gual\u00e1n, Zacapa, Isaac Antonio Sol\u00eds Figueroa, a citizen with dual Venezuelan and Spanish nationality, who is wanted by the justice system of Spain on charges of homicide. 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