{"id":8734,"date":"2016-04-07T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T00:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=8734"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:51:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:51:22","slug":"guatemala-arresta-presunto-lider-clan-criminal-mendoza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/guatemala-arresta-presunto-lider-clan-criminal-mendoza\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala arresta a presunto l\u00edder del clan criminal Mendoza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las autoridades de Guatemala arrestaron a un importante miembro del clan Mendoza, en el segundo gran golpe asestado en 17 meses contra una familia que se considera parte de la \u00e9lite criminal del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walter Mendoza fue uno de los 14 detenidos en una serie de incursiones de la polic\u00eda en los estados de Pet\u00e9n e Izabal,<a href=\"https:\/\/lahora.gt\/capturan-walter-mendoza-presunto-lider-estructura-criminal\/\" target=\"_blank\"> inform\u00f3 La Hora<\/a>. Se le acusa de desplazamiento forzado, asociaci\u00f3n para delinquir y lavado de dinero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El hijo de uno de los tres hermanos Mendoza tambi\u00e9n qued\u00f3 bajo custodia por desplazamiento, inform\u00f3 un reportero de elPeriodico <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EBoche_elP\/status\/717735166777491460\" target=\"_blank\">en Twitter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala y la Comisi\u00f3n Internacional contra la Impunidad en Guatemala (CICIG) avalada por las Naciones Unidas declararon en conferencia de prensa que la investigaci\u00f3n comenz\u00f3 por una confidencia de la principal autoridad bancaria del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EHcEmW162TY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Video del Ministerio P\u00fablico de Guatemala<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los detenidos afrontan cargos de desplazamiento forzado de personas de por lo menos 28 estados por valor de cerca de US$3,6 millones, precis\u00f3 el Ministerio P\u00fablico. Afirmaron que Mendoza era el cerebro de un complot mediante la cual se sacaba a la gente de su tierra y luego se reclamaba su propiedad usando documentos y firmas falsas; algunos de personas muertas. Los Mendoza depend\u00edan de por lo menos cuatro&nbsp; notarios corruptos que les ayudaban a falsificar los documentos y ten\u00edan colaboradores en el fondo agrario de Guatemala, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fontierras.gob.gt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fontierras<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El grupo envi\u00f3 inicialmente a hombres armados a amenazar a los due\u00f1os para que vendieran sus propiedades, a\u00f1adi\u00f3 el Ministerio P\u00fablico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los arrestos representan otro golpe importante contra el grupo criminal de miembros de la \u00e9lite, luego del arresto del hermano de Walter, Haroldo, <a href=\"\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/jefe-clan-mendoza-capturado-guatemala\" target=\"_blank\">en noviembre de 2014.<\/a> Se cree que los hermanos Mendoza participan en actividades de narcotr\u00e1fico, as\u00ed como en violencia contra peque\u00f1os propietarios de tierras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>VEA TAMBI\u00c9N<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"\/noticias-sobre-crimen-organizado-en-guatemala\" target=\"_blank\">Noticias y perfiles de Guatemala<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cabe anotar que los fiscales guatemaltecos prepararon un caso contra Walter Mendoza en relaci\u00f3n con su presunta apropiaci\u00f3n il\u00edcita de tierras, lo que sugiere que no recabaron evidencia suficiente para armar el caso por narcotr\u00e1fico o contrabando. Es posible que la redada env\u00ede un mensaje sugestivo a otros miembros de la \u00e9lite de Guatemala: que el Ministerio P\u00fablico ahora est\u00e1 en capacidad y disposici\u00f3n de proteger al p\u00fablico de este tipo de saqueo de tierras. Muchas comunidades ind\u00edgenas de Guatemala denunciaron<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2012\/jul\/05\/guatemala-land-europe-demand-biofuels\" target=\"_blank\"> la p\u00e9rdida de sus tierras<\/a> a causa de plantaciones de az\u00facar dedicadas a la producci\u00f3n de etanol. A medida que avance el caso contra Walter Mendoza, lo ideal es que siente un precedente importante en un pa\u00eds en el que el despojo ilegal de tierras <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfamamerica.org\/explore\/stories\/farmers-struggle-for-land-in-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\">suele quedar impune.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es probable que el arresto de Walter Mendoza siga debilitando la estructura criminal de la familia. Se cree que perdieron mucho de su poder en el hampa cuando el grupo criminal mexicano de los Zetas se apropi\u00f3 grandes franjas de territorio al norte de Guatemala en 2010. Sin embargo, con el posterior declive de los Zetas, los Mendoza se han mantenido como importantes operadores del poder en la pol\u00edtica local. Se les conoce por su <a href=\"\/news\/analysis\/popular-guatemala-mayors-ties-to-narco-family\" target=\"_blank\">respaldo a alcaldes<\/a> y la<a href=\"https:\/\/elperiodico.com.gt\/2016\/04\/06\/pais\/quien-es-walter-mendoza-matta\/\" target=\"_blank\"> firma de contratos de obras p\u00fablicas con el gobierno<\/a>. Un<a href=\"\/news\/briefs\/guatemala-presidential-frontrunner-linked-to-narcos-wikileaks\" target=\"_blank\"> cable diplom\u00e1tico <\/a>de Estados Unidos filtrado indica que uno de los hermanos Mendoza puede haber tenido nexos con el partido pol\u00edtico del<a href=\"\/noticias\/analisis\/presidente-guatemala-prisionero-menos-un-dia\" target=\"_blank\"> desacreditado expresidente Otto P\u00e9rez Molina.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las autoridades de Guatemala arrestaron a un importante miembro del clan Mendoza, en el segundo gran golpe asestado en 17 meses contra una familia que se considera parte de la \u00e9lite criminal del 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