On Saturday, July 30, unidentified gunmen opened fire on soldiers at a security checkpoint during a visit by Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattea to a town near the Mexican border.. It is reported by ABC News.

Ruben Telles, a spokesman for the Guatemalan army, said the military guarded a highway checkpoint during Giammattea's presidential visit to La Laguna, a city in the province of Huehuetenango.. At some point, a car drove up to the checkpoint and its passengers suddenly opened fire on the soldiers.. They started shooting back.

Telles said that one of the attackers (probably a Mexican) was injured during the incident.. He was immediately taken to the nearest hospital for medical attention.. As for Alejandro Giammattei, he was in relative safety at the time of the shooting, as he was two kilometers from the scene.

Other attackers fled in a car towards the Mexican border, which is located about 80 kilometers from the city.. A spokesman for the Guatemalan army noted that the area where the incident took place is frequented by traffickers and drug smugglers, many of whom work for Mexican gangs.. It is not yet known if the shooting is related to the personality of the President of Guatemala..

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Recall that on July 25, Alejandro Giammattei visited Kyiv for the first time in the history of bilateral relations between Guatemala and Ukraine and met with Volodymyr Zelensky. During the visit of the Guatemalan delegation, an agreement was signed on a visa-free regime between the countries.