{"id":508642,"date":"2026-05-26T20:15:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemalan-army-will-maintain-indefinite-presence-on-the-border-with-honduras\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:15:45","slug":"guatemalan-army-will-maintain-indefinite-presence-on-the-border-with-honduras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/guatemalan-army-will-maintain-indefinite-presence-on-the-border-with-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemalan Army will maintain indefinite presence on the border with Honduras"},"content":{"rendered":"Henry<\/strong>\u00a0Saenz<\/strong>\u00a0confirmed that the\u00a0Army<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0Guatemala<\/strong>\u00a0will maintain an indefinite presence in the eastern region following the armed attack recorded<\/a> on Monday in the village of San Jos\u00e9 Las L\u00e1grimas, in Chiquimula, where soldiers went after hearing shots, found destroyed and burned houses, and found the body of a peasant; according to the Minister of National Defense, the deployment seeks to stabilize the border area with\u00a0Honduras<\/strong>\u00a0while investigations continue into who participated and with what objective.\n\n\n

<\/a>The official said by telephone in the weekly press conference at the National Palace of Culture that a column of\u00a020 \"agricultural\" vehicles<\/strong>\u00a0headed to that community.<\/p>\n\n\nAccording to Henry Saenz, the military detachment of San Jos\u00e9 Las L\u00e1grimas<\/strong> reacted upon hearing the shots, found some of the retreating vehicles, and activated reinforcements to secure the area.\n\n\n

We recommend reading:Guatemalan Army reinforces border security with Honduras after wave of violence<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nSaenz reported that the second brigade based in Zacapa<\/strong> mobilized personnel to reinforce the position and that kaibiles were also sent from the capital to the international political border. According to the minister, the Army has already provided data on the vehicles involved to the institutions responsible for the investigation.\n\nThe government's official message was that military operations will continue \"indefinitely\"<\/strong> in Chiquimula and Izabal.<\/strong> According to Saenz, the objective is to restore \"security and tranquility\"<\/strong> and allow the population to resume their daily lives.<\/a>\n\nGuatemalan Army soldiers patrol the border area with Honduras after repelling an incursion of vehicles.\n\n\n

The government said it still doesn't know who crossed the border or what their objective was<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nPresident Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo supported the minister's statement and affirmed that the incident is still under investigation in both countries. According to Ar\u00e9valo, there is still no clarity on \u201cwho the people are, if they were Hondurans, if they were Guatemalans, what they were doing, what their intentions were.\u201d<\/strong>\n\nThe president added that there are already contacts between security forces on the ground and that the chiefs of staff of Guatemala and Honduras met to coordinate actions around the case. According to Ar\u00e9valo, the investigation is progressing simultaneously within Guatemala, with the competent entities, and in coordination with Honduran security forces.\n\nSaenz told the population of San Jos\u00e9 Las L\u00e1grimas that the military reaction avoided greater damage. In his speech, the minister regretted the death recorded at the scene, but stated: \u201cIf the soldier had hesitated from the first moment, I am sure the disaster would have been greater.\u201d<\/strong>\n\nThe minister also asked the inhabitants of the area to provide any useful information directly to the deployed soldiers. According to Saenz, the troops will remain with a greater presence in the area and will treat the information received confidentially to improve operations.\n\n\n

Ar\u00e9valo denied a border failure and linked the violence to criminal structures<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nDuring the same conference, Ar\u00e9valo answered questions about a possible weakness in border control, following recent events in the border area with Honduras.\n\n\n

The president first corrected that the events of the previous week occurred on Honduran territory and that the people treated in Guatemala crossed for humanitarian reasons, not as a result of an armed incursion into Guatemalan soil.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nRegarding the most recent attack in Chiquimula, Ar\u00e9valo acknowledged that there was indeed a penetration into Guatemalan territory, although he said it is still unknown by whom.\n\nAccording to the president, what happened afterwards showed the Army's \"presence, responsiveness,\" because the column fled when it was repelled with fire.\n\n\n

You can also read:Outgoing Guatemalan prosecutor defends her management and denounces campaign to discredit her<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nAr\u00e9valo also recalled a previous episode on the border with Mexico<\/strong>, where, according to his version, a Mexican group of drug traffickers penetrated Guatemala and was immediately repelled by the Army.\n\nHe said that in that case there were \u201cat least one or two victims\u201d<\/strong> among the attackers and maintained that both episodes show military reaction capacity in the border areas.\n\nThe president attributed the violence on the borders with Honduras and Mexico to activities linked to drug trafficking and other illicit trafficking. According to Ar\u00e9valo, the device called Fire Belt<\/strong> has been operating on the border with Mexico since January 2024, while on the border with Honduras there is another military deployment installed after a visit from a security official from the United States government.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Henry\u00a0Saenz\u00a0confirmed that the\u00a0Army\u00a0of\u00a0Guatemala\u00a0will maintain an indefinite presence in the eastern region following the armed attack recorded on Monday in the village of San Jos\u00e9 Las L\u00e1grimas, in Chiquimula, where soldiers went after hearing shots, found destroyed and burned houses, and found the body of a peasant; according to the Minister of National Defense, the deployment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-508642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/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.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}