Guatemalan former prosecutor shot dead at sports centre
Summary
Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, a former Guatemalan prosecutor known for investigating powerful figures, was shot and killed at a sports center in Guatemala City. Police have arrested two suspects and seized a firearm and motorcycle linked to the attack, while President Bernardo Arevalo condemned the killing and vowed to bring those responsible to justice.Key Facts
- Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa was a 43-year-old former prosecutor and anticorruption lawyer in Guatemala.
- He was killed alongside another man, Gustavo Adolfo Aguilar Gamarro, at the Campo Marte sports complex.
- Two men were arrested; police found a carbine-style gun and a motorcycle connected to the murder.
- Foppa had accused politicians, business leaders, and criminal gangs of corruption and wrongdoing.
- He led Guatemala’s Criminal Investigations Directorate and later the tax authority, where he prosecuted powerful business figures.
- In 2025, he claimed links between a gang called Barrio 18 and a political party, as well as corruption in the justice system.
- In 2023, he briefly defended journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, an advocate against attacks on press freedom, but left after legal troubles.
- President Arevalo called the murder cowardly and promised full legal action against the killers and those behind the crime.
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