The Army uploaded pictures of the dismantling process in social network X, adding it occurred in San Andres municipality, in a coordinated effort among different entities, involving controlled blasts and digging.

To prevent the tracks from being used again, the military engineers opened craters over the surface.

The Army, the National Civil Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office intercepted 39 planes loaded with drugs in 2020 in different Guatemalan departments, mainly in the Petén, 20 in 2021 and nine in 2022.

Military action has resulted in a drop to three alleged drugload landings in 2023, a figure that was cut to none in 2024, based on data from the Army.

Official reports tell of 80 percent of drugs coming from South America are bound for the United States through Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, with the latter nation stepping up its actions against drug trafficking since January last year, when the new government was sworn.

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