Police dismantle kidnapping gang that demanded Q2 million for victims’ release
Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Guatemala’s National Civil Police dismantled Los Cazadores, a kidnapping gang that allegedly demanded Q2 million for victims’ release.
- The police anti-kidnapping unit arrested three people suspected of belonging to the group, which had operated since 2025.
Guatemala’s National Civil Police dismantled a kidnapping gang known as Los Cazadores after an operation by the force’s Anti-Kidnapping Command.
The group had reportedly operated since 2025 and demanded Q2 million to release its victims.
The operation resulted in the capture of three people identified as suspected members of the gang.
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Originally published by La Hora in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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