By Sofia Menchu
GUATEMALACITY -Guatemalan navy exchanged hearth with the passengers of a automotive because it approached the placement of President Alejandro Giammattei’s entourage on Saturday, although the president was elsewhere and was unhurt, a military spokesman mentioned.
Army officers stopped the automobile because it neared a checkpoint guarding the presidential delegation throughout a go to by Giammattei to the world of Huehuetenango, 300 km (190 miles) east of capital Guatemala Metropolis, the spokesman mentioned.
The occupants of the automotive opened hearth on the troopers, who returned hearth. Giammattei was about 2 km (a mile) away on the time.
“We inform the individuals of Guatemala and the worldwide neighborhood that the president is unhurt and was evacuated from the world in a well timed method,” a authorities assertion mentioned.
One of many gunmen, who's Mexican, was injured within the confrontation, the assertion mentioned. The others fled within the automotive in direction of the Mexican border about 80 km (50 miles) away, it mentioned.
4 Guatemalans have been later detained by the Mexican navy, the Guatemalan authorities mentioned. Two rifle grenades have been additionally discovered over the border in Mexico.
A press consultant for Mexico’s Secretariat of Nationwide Protection (Sedena) didn't instantly reply to a request for remark.
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