Various security operations launched by agents of the National Civil Police (PNC), mainly on the highways, led to the detention and then orientation in relation to the legal procedures of those people, the largest number from Venezuela (195).

According to information disclosed by the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM), they were followed by citizens from Ecuador, 113; Colombia, 50; Georgia, 33; El Salvador, 28; Cuba, 22; Honduras, 21; Nicaragua, 15; Brazil and Jordan, ten; seven from Turkey; three from China; as well as 48 from other nations.

The entity detailed that those citizens from Brazil and Jordan had been traveling in a van across the eastern department of Peten, bordering Mexico, after entering Guatemala without the proper control at one of the border posts.

In that case, the PNC took all of them to the Migratory Attention Center for Foreigners, where they were provided with food, among other services, the IGM noted.

Of the total, there were 68 in January; 143 in February; 264 in March; and 32 in April; in sum, most of them 367 were men and 140 women.

The IGM underscored the call to comply with the requirements established in Guatemala through the Migration Code.

The irregular migrants are then expelled, totaling 474 in 2024, 184 from Venezuela; 105 from Ecuador; 45 from Colombia; 33 from Georgia; 26 from El Salvador; 23 from Cuba; 17 from Honduras; 11 from China; 10 from Nicaragua; 10 from Jordan; and 10 from Brazil.

Guatemala strengthened days ago the 22 border posts and internal actions in light of a possible upturn of travelers from Haiti due to the chaos and violence affecting that nation, mainly its capital, Port-au-Prince.

Since January, the new government authorities have intensified security actions in the neighboring departments of Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador in response to organized crime, violence, smuggling and other activities.

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