Attempted bank robbery San Martin Jilotepeque, Chimaltenangoleft a scene typical of a movie with dead and injured due to the shots.
The confrontation between security agents and criminals filled the street where the bank agency is located with blood. The lifeless bodies of two uniformed men were lying on the ground. Another injured person was taken by firefighters to an assistance center.
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Due to the shooting, another person was also injured who, like the security agent, is recovering in a hospital.
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Two security agents killed during an assault on the personnel of a security truck, which was transporting money from an agency in San Martin Jilotepeque, #chimaltenango.
Departmental municipal firefighters attended the emergency and transferred several injured. pic.twitter.com/Oogu79g4dH– ClarOscuro News (@ClarOscuroNews) April 2, 2023
The shooting that left dead and injured in the attempted robbery of a bank
According to the versions of people who witnessed the tragic incident, it all started when a securities truck arrived with a shipment of money at said agency.
At that moment a group of criminals tried to commit the robbery, to which one of the security guards responded. The criminals activated their weapons and the agents defended themselves in the middle of the street.
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Three people are shot to death during an assault on a bank agency in San Martín Jilotepeque, Chimaltenango. pic.twitter.com/CjN8ohHbEx
— Vinicio Gutierrez (@viniciogutierr3) April 2, 2023
After several minutes of chaos between the shots, the criminals fled in a vehicle that was waiting for them, according to witness accounts. In addition, they added that one of them was traveling injured.
Two private security guards from a securities company died from gunshot wounds in an assault in San Martín Jilotepeque #chimaltenango. Two more people were injured, relief bodies report. pic.twitter.com/dKDo3LpvgM
— Carlos Barrios (@CarlosABarriosJ) April 2, 2023
Rescue teams arrived at the scene to provide first aid to the injured. Unfortunately they confirmed the death of the two agents at the scene.
So far, neither the Public Ministry nor the National Civil Police have provided an official version of the incident.
