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Police spokesman Pablo Castillo stated that the capture and seizure of the drug took place in the community of Estrella del Norte, in Laguna del Tigre, a protected forest area in the Petén department, on the border with Mexico and Belize.
He explained that the drug was transported on a plane that landed on a clandestine runway and that the catches were made after a clash between police and the Guatemalan military with at least 25 suspected drug traffickers.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the army, Óscar Pérez, commented that the radars detected the trace of an illegal flight that entered Guatemalan territory, so they deployed helicopters of the aeronautics and ground personnel on the site in which the ship landed.
Perez said that when military units and police arrived at the scene they found at least 25 suspected drug traffickers who withdrew drugs from the plane who attacked with firearms when they noticed the military presence.
Security forces arrested 12 alleged criminals, one of whom was shot. The rest fled, detailed.
In 2018, Guatemala seized 17,897 kilos of cocaine, a record that exceeded 13,659 kilos a year earlier.
Central America is used by international cartels for drug trafficking and money laundering, activities that affect criminal violence.
Washington estimates that 90% of cocaine arriving in the United States passes through light aircraft, boats and submarines through Mexico and Central America.
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