Overview
- The attack took place Saturday at the Campo Marte sports complex in Guatemala City when gunmen opened fire, killing Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa and another man and leaving several people wounded.
- Police made preliminary arrests of two men identified as Rigoberto Choc Toz and Daniel Zaqueo Choc Toz, seized a carbine and a motorcycle, and found dozens of shell casings at the scene.
- The army confirmed one detainee is a former soldier, investigators say the Division for Specialized Criminal Investigation is treating the case as linked to an organized structure, and the motive remains undetermined.
- Solórzano Foppa was a prominent anti‑corruption figure who led Criminal Analysis work, headed the tax authority SAT and helped investigate the La Línea scandal before later defending journalist José Rubén Zamora and facing prosecution in 2023.
- The president condemned the killing and ordered interagency cooperation to identify both material and intellectual authors of the crime, a development that heightens fears about threats to justice actors and possible ties between gangs and state actors in Guatemala's recent history.