A Guatemalan lawmaker and three police officers are killed in an armed attack in the eastern department of Zacapa, according to multiple reports. The incident occurs in Rio Hondo, where President Bernardo Arevalo condemns the violence and orders security forces to identify those responsible.
South China Morning Post reports that the lawmaker, Julio Cesar Portillo Paz of the National Unity of Hope (UNE) party, is seriously injured after the attack and later his death is confirmed. Al Jazeera also reports the killings and notes that the location is in a region known for drug trafficking activity.
Other coverage differs on the immediate outcome for the lawmaker: The Rio Times frames the incident as a deadly ambush in which the lawmaker survives, while three people die. Investing.com provides a matching headline but no additional detail in the provided summary, offering limited context compared with the other outlets.
