2023-08-03 13:58:00
Hello! We begin with the news summary talking about what Luis AlmagroSecretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), met on Tuesday with consuelo porras and learned from the voice of the prosecutors the details of the criminal case against the Movimiento Semilla party.
The official reminded the OAS Secretary General that at the initiative of the Public Ministry (MP), the Integrated Strategic Plan was established, which brought together other State institutions to guarantee free and peaceful elections.
Here all the details: Almagro heard details of the criminal prosecution against the Seed Movement
Who leads the intention to vote in the presidential poll of the Libertad y Desarrollo Foundation
Bernardo Arévalo, candidate of the Movimiento Semilla is the favorite in the first survey carried out by the Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, with a 63% vote intentioncompared to 37% for the candidate of the National Unity of Hope (UNE), Sandra Torres.
The study It was carried out between July 18 and 27, with a sample of 1,242 people surveyed face to face at the national level, similar to those they have carried out in previous processes together with the CID-Gallup pollster, explained Paul Boteo, executive director.
Luis Alberto Márquez Márquez, a Mexican suspected of drug trafficking, is arrested
This Wednesday, August 2, the Guatemalan authorities confirmed the capture of the Mexican Luis Alberto Márquez Márquez, 44, for being accused of crimes related to drug trafficking.
According to information from the National Civil Police (PNC), the capture for extradition purposes was carried out at La Aurora International Airport, just as he was arriving on a flight from his country.
They capture a Honduran who was expelled in February for extortion
This Wednesday, August 2, a Honduran was arrested who was expelled last February for extortion crimes. On that occasion, he was arrested for transporting drugs and being suspected of assaulting pedestrians in zones 1 and 9 of Guatemala City.
The Honduran man was identified by authorities as 20-year-old Erick “N”, alias “El Duende”. The capture took place at 20th street and 6th avenue in zone 1, according to statements by Jorge Aguilar, spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior.
They agree to reform regulations to extend the term for the separation of garbage
Reform the regulation that obliges the separation of waste was the agreement reached at the dialogue table between authorities from the Ministry of the Environment, the National Association of Municipalities, collector unions, the Presidential Commission for Municipal Affairs, among others.
One of the three agreed points was to define an 18-month adaptation plan to publicize the regulation to the population and for the municipalities to formulate their comprehensive management plans and municipal regulations for comprehensive solid waste management.
Summary of international news
El Salvador court orders preventive detention for Colombian lenders
A court of El Salvador ordered that a group of 40 people, including Colombians and Salvadorans, accused of belonging to a criminal organization “transnational” dedicated to illegal money loans remain in pretrial detention while they face a process against them, the Attorney General’s Office reported on Tuesday.
“The Prosecutor’s Office achieves that the 40 accused of operating illegally in microfinance companies are sent to preventive detention,” he said on social networks.
Central America leads digital payments in Latin America in the last year
A third of Latin Americans who started using internet banking and digital wallet services during the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues to use them after the health crises, according to the new survey by Kaspersky and the CORPA market, ‘The state of use and security of digital payments in Latin America’.
The country with the highest rate of adoption of these services is Guatemala (50%), Panama (46%) and Costa Rica (37%), of the Central American sector.
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