Sheinbaum apologizes to Guatemala for the controversial incursion of the Mexican police on their territory

Mexico (AP) – President Claudia Sheinbaum apologized on Tuesday at Guatemala for the controversial foray Mexican police At its territory on weekends in a persecution of alleged criminals. He condemned what had happened and said that the agents involved should be sanctioned.

In a diplomatic note, the Mexican government apologized to the neighboring country and reiterated its commitment to the defense of territorial sovereignty and international law.

Shortly before, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala had reported that it had delivered a protest note to the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Mexico for the foray Immediate reaction elements (Pakal) Chiapas in the Guatemalan territory and asked the Mexican authorities to investigate “this serious incident”, as well as reciprocal respect in border areas.

“You cannot violate the sovereignty of a country,” said Sheinbaum earlier at his morning conference by rejecting Energetic the operation carried out by agents of the southern state of the Chiapas when he entered the Guatemaltale territory with at least three armored vehicles and artillery to persecute the expected criminals.

In this sense, he said that the Mexican police involved “should be sanctioned”.

Chiapas authorities confirmed on Monday that during the operation, four armed men died on Mexican territory who would have been involved in the attack on June 2 in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa, where Five police officers died. After the armed confrontation, there was a persecution that started in Mexican territory and which led to the Guatemalan city of the table, near the border.

Chiapas Security Secretary, óscar Aparicio AVENDAño, told the Associated Press that the deceased had been identified as alleged members of the Cartel Chiapas-Guatemala, an armed wing of the new generation of Jalisco’s new generation which operates in this border area.

Before the Sheinbaum incident, he announced that to solve border security problems that Mexico and Guatemala share a binational group will be strengthened to coordinate actions. “Everyone must work on their own territory and establish forms of coordination,” he added.

Guatemala also opened an investigation into the facts and declared on Monday in a statement, published by the Foreign Affairs Office, which would not tolerate borders’ violation, threats of violence in the population and the participation of a member of the security forces in this type of event.

The city of Frontera Comalapa – within the limits of Guatemala – is crucial for criminal organizations, because there are two of the six arms, drugs and migrants ranging from Central America to Mexico and the United States, according to the Mexican National Defense Secretariat.

In the midst of the tensions generated by the border incident, Ramírez Aguilar accused the Guatemalteque security forces of being collured by crime, one of the widespread videos in which a vehicle of the Guatemalan army is seen – armor armor armor J8 Like the United States given to Guatemala – that it would work like a shield for criminals during the confrontation with the Mexican police.

Asked about the accusations of the official governor, Sheinbaum said that if there was a particular complaint “which is observed at this level of security coordination between the two countries”.