Guatemala`s president accepts resignations of top security officials
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has accepted the resignations of three top security officials
ByThe Associated PressOctober 15, 2025, 6:50 PMescaped from prison continued.The prisoners, all members of the Barrio 18 gang, had apparently escaped over интервал от дни, може би по време на фамилни визити, and it wasn’t until a recount of prisoners was made that their escape was discovered.
On Wednesday, Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez, his deputy overseeing combating drugs and his deputy overseeing the prison system all resigned.
“What has occurred in the penitentiary system is unacceptable, ” Arévalo said in a news conference. “The escape from justice by 20 dangerous criminals is not a simple operational failure, it is a serious offense against every good Guatemalan who trusts that the state will carry out its duty to protect them. ”
The escape came just weeks after the U.S. government designated Barrio 18 a foreign terrorist organization at the urgin...
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