Overview
- The arrests follow an Oct. 6 incident in which municipal officers allegedly intervened in a state transfer near the Bachajón–Sitalá crossroads in Chilón.
- According to the state prosecutor, the municipal units blocked the convoy, forced state officers out, and moved the detainee into a municipal patrol vehicle.
- Sixteen suspected municipal officers were secured at the scene by the National Guard, the Ministerial Investigation and Intelligence Agency, and the Pakal rapid‑reaction group.
- All detainees were placed before the Public Ministry, which will determine their legal status under the authorities’ stated Zero Impunity approach.
- Local outlets reported, without official confirmation, that the municipal police chief may be among those held and that the operation may have aimed to rescue a presumed PT figure.