{"id":508832,"date":"2026-05-28T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-southern-command-highlights-guatemalas-action-against-illegal-laboratory\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:13:32","slug":"the-southern-command-highlights-guatemalas-action-against-illegal-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/the-southern-command-highlights-guatemalas-action-against-illegal-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Southern Command highlights Guatemala’s action against illegal laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"The U.S. Southern Command<\/strong> stated that a recent operation by Guatemala<\/strong> against a drug lab showed the country’s commitment to “take the fight against narcoterrorists<\/strong> to its country,” as reported on social media by the U.S. embassy in Guatemala.\n\n\n

<\/a>According to the organization, the intervention was “another success” for the Coalition<\/strong> of the Americas Against Cartels and is part of the joint work to combat “the scourge of narcoterrorism” in the region, according to the same source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army and SGAIA-PNC Dismantle Drug Lab in San Marcos<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn an update, this Thursday morning on social media, the PNCdeGuatemala reports that in a joint operation of SGAIA-PNC<\/strong>, the Guatemalan Army<\/strong> and the Public Ministry<\/strong> dismantled a drug lab in the village of Zanj\u00f3n<\/strong>, in San Lorenzo<\/strong>, San Marcos<\/strong>, where eight<\/strong> people<\/strong> were captured<\/strong> and drugs, weapons, vehicles and money were seized.\n\n\n

<\/a>In the place, 117 kilos<\/strong> of cocaine were counted. The three properties were sealed by the Public Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\nThe action was carried out as part of the follow-up to an investigation that located the property where, according to the authorities, cocaine was manufactured and stored. During the operation, those involved tried to flee, but were neutralized and captured.\n\nWe recommend reading:Guatemalan Army will maintain indefinite presence on the border with Honduras<\/a>\n\nAgents from the Anti-narcotics unit of the National Civil Police (PNC) carry out several arrests during a security operation in an outdoor area. (PNCdeGuatemala)\n\nThe detainees were identified as Edy \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (55 years old), Alejandro \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (35), Luis \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (30), Benilzon \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (28), Byron \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (41), Ludwing \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (48), C\u00e9sar \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (34) and Irma \u201cN\u201d<\/strong> (66), who was taken into custody to a health center due to health problems.\n\nDuring the inspection, they located equipment used for drug production: 12 microwaves, seven digital scales, two hydraulic presses, two packaging machines, as well as mechanisms and chemicals for manufacturing cocaine. They also found three horses, which were handed over to the authorities in charge of their care.\n\nIn two other nearby homes, security forces located 14 rifles, four pistols, 43 rifle magazines, 10 pistol magazines and 1,346 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, as well as 19 telephones, nine portable radios and four USB drives. Regarding the money, USD 26,787<\/strong> and Q74,461 were reported, in addition to 81 Mexican pesos, and in a vehicle a sack with packages of dollars was found that totaled USD 136,024<\/strong>, presumably linked to the sale of drugs.\n\nAnti-narcotics agents inspect a clandestine drug processing lab after the seizure of multiple packages of narcotics.\n\nThe Public Ministry reported that six minibuses, 14 vehicles, and 12 motorcycles were also seized. The drugs, the detainees, and the vehicles were placed at the disposal of the corresponding court.\n\n\n

The Guatemalan government dismantles complex linked to cocaine trafficking near the border with Mexico<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe Army<\/strong> of Guatemala<\/strong> located on May 26 in San Marcos<\/strong> a laboratory of alleged cocaine that the Minister of National Defense Henry<\/strong> S\u00e1enz described in a conference broadcast by official channels as the largest found in 15 years, an operation that, according to the official, shows a structure capable of completing the entire drug production cycle in one place and is part of a sustained strategy to weaken criminal networks operating routes to Mexico.\n\nEvidence from a major police operation shows ammunition, two-way radios, smartphones, and a leather bag arranged with numerical markers.\n\nIn the first property intervened, Q 74,461.50, USD 26,787<\/strong>, 118 Mexican pesos, 14 assault rifles, three 9-millimeter pistols, 1,306 cartridges<\/strong> of different calibers, 16 cell phones, nine radios, seven chargers, 45 bags for rifles, eight bags for pistols, four USB drives, a Guatemalan passport and two identifications of Mexican citizens were counted, as detailed by S\u00e1enz in the official conference.\n\nThe procedure was still open at the time of his appearance because it covered three interconnected properties, according to the minister. S\u00e1enz specified that there were eight detainees<\/strong>: seven captured upon entering the first installation and one more in subsequent searches.\n\nSan Marcos integrates a border strip under pressure from drug trafficking<\/strong>\n\nThe information released about the operation places the procedure in Ayutla, municipality of San Marcos, within a western region that security forces identify as one of the most active due to its proximity to the trafficking routes towards Mexico. The Guatemalan News Agency indicated that the finding exposes drug trafficking infrastructure in a border area that concentrates part of the criminal activity due to its proximity to the routes towards that country.\n\nS\u00e1enz attributed the result to the coordinated intelligence work between the Guatemalan Army<\/strong>, the Strategic Intelligence Secretariat, the General Directorate of Civil Intelligence, and the Military Intelligence Directorate. When asked by the press, he said that this structure had been under investigation for a year and a half.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Southern Command stated that a recent operation by Guatemala against a drug lab showed the country’s commitment to “take the fight against narcoterrorists to its country,” as reported on social media by the U.S. embassy in Guatemala. According to the organization, the intervention was “another success” for the Coalition of the Americas Against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28mY","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}