{"id":493828,"date":"2025-12-07T18:57:45","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemalan-mayor-shot-dead-during-christmas-parade\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:57:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T22:57:45","slug":"guatemalan-mayor-shot-dead-during-christmas-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/international\/guatemalan-mayor-shot-dead-during-christmas-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan mayor shot dead during Christmas parade"},"content":{"rendered":"Nelson Luciano Marroqu\u00edn, mayor of the municipality of Masagua, was murdered on the night of this Saturday while participating in a Christmas parade in southern Guatemala, <a href=\"https:\/\/lahora.gt\/nacionales\/la-hora\/2025\/12\/07\/los-ultimos-momentos-del-alcalde-nelson-marroquin-en-el-desfile-navideno-antes-de-sufrir-mortal-ataque-armado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local media report<\/a>.\n\nThe attack by unknown individuals occurred while he was accompanied by his wife, greeting and conversing with neighbors in the town of Obero, in Escuintla. The politician received several shots and was admitted to a hospital, but died upon entering the emergency room. The attack also left one of his bodyguards injured.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/tag\/alcalde-de-tabara-arriba\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"29627\">Mayor of Tabara Arriba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe President of Guatemala, Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BArevalodeLeon\/status\/1997522796696490456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed<\/a> his \"total repudiation\" of the politician's assassination. \"I have given immediate instructions to the Ministry of the Interior so that those responsible for this <strong>despicable act<\/strong> are brought before the law,\" he wrote in a tweet.\n\nThe president asserted that \"all types of resources are being mobilized to <strong>stop the violence<\/strong> and respond firmly to these events.\"\n\nFor his part, Sebasti\u00e1n Siero, president of the National Association of Municipalities, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sebastiansiero\/status\/1997517193337090149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> on his X account that both Masagua and Guatemala \"have <strong>lost a great man<\/strong>\" and an \"excellent municipal servant.\"\n\n\"It is urgent that the Executive stop making excuses and put an end to the violence that is happening throughout the country. Enough of <strong>extortions and murders<\/strong>,\" he emphasized.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Luciano Marroqu\u00edn, mayor of the municipality of Masagua, was murdered on the night of this Saturday while participating in a Christmas parade in southern Guatemala, local media report. The attack by unknown individuals occurred while he was accompanied by his wife, greeting and conversing with neighbors in the town of Obero, in Escuintla. 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