Guatemala embraces its borders with kaibiles, its most feared elite military unit

The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, has battled its two borders, in the north with Mexico, and in the south with Honduras and El Salvador. And for this he has sent his most feared elite unit for resorting to the most brutal methods: the kaibiles. According to the military authorities, the measure called Cinturón de Fuego aims to stop the passage of drugs and migrants who seek to reach the United States.

The president of Guatemala, César Bernardo Arévalo de León, has battled his two borders, in the north with Mexico, and in the south with Honduras and El Salvador. And for this he has sent his most feared elite unit for resorting to the most brutal methods: the Kaibiles. According to the military authorities, the measure called [...]

The Guatemalan Army has deployed a large operation along its border with Mexico, called “Cinturón de Fuego”, with the main objective of preventing the passage of drugs and drug traffickers from Mexico to Guatemala. What is Operation “Cinturón de Fuego”? The operation “Cinturón de Fuego” is an integral strategy of the Guatemalan Army, which has the support of the Armed Forces of the United States. In the words of the spokesperson of the Guatemala…

Ocós, Guatemala. Guatemalan soldiers supported by armoured vehicles patrolled sections of the Mexican border near the Pacific Ocean on Monday, under a plan aimed at deterring drug cartels. The military daily travels various points in the nearly 1,000 km of common border under the "Fire Belt" plan, implemented by the Guatemalan government at the beginning of last year. "The order I have as commander of this brigade is to maintain that constant pr…