That total exceeds what was confiscated in the first year of the last seven administrations, which sets a precedent in the fight against organized crime, said the newspaper.

The statistics reflect an increase of 229.17 percent compared to the first year of Alvaro Arzu’s administration (1996) and 50.13 percent compared to the same period of Alfonso Portillo’s administration (2000).

It also added, based on existing records, 306.56 percent above the initial annual period of Óscar Berger (2004); 722.75 more than that of Álvaro Colom (2008), and 453.35 percent with respect to Otto Pérez (2012).

In comparison with the Executive of Jimmy Morales (2016), the increase was 42.12 percent, and 33.67 percent with respect to Alejandro Giammattei (2020), he pointed out.

In 11 and a half months of the current administration, he remarked, anti-narcotics forces seized cocaine worth 1.871.7 million quetzals (almost $243 million), he added.

National security expert, Francisco Girón, commented that this record of seizures is not an isolated achievement, but the result of a strong inter-institutional strategy and robust international cooperation.

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