Guatemala President Morales says his country has captured nearly 100 Islamic terrorists who were subsequently deported to their countries of origin. In 2016 several detained were Syrians with false documents who were also deported per Guatemala laws-Prensa Libre, 10/9/18

10/11/18, "Executive reserves information about ISIS captures," Prensa Libre, Andrea Orozco, Guatemala

"President Jimmy Morales highlighted on Thursday that one of his achievements in security is the capture of almost 100 terrorists of ISIS-the Islamic State-information that is protected according to the Secretariat of Strategic Intelligence."

"Morales gave his speech during the second Conference for Prosperity and Security in Central America, which includes officials from the United States, the presidents of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández and the vice president of El Salvador, Óscar Ortiz, as well as secretaries of Foreign Affairs and Governance of Mexico, Luis Videgaray and Alfonso Navarrete.

According to the president, his administration has captured "close to 100 people completely linked to terrorist issues, with ISIS and that not only have we arrested them within our territory, but they have been deported to their countries of origin."
 
The Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency, Alfredo Brito, indicated that the data on these captures are "protected information of National Security".
 
According to Brito, the president mentioned this achievement "because it is a work in coordination with the different intelligence and security agencies". 

The number of "the individuals intercepted, detained, prosecuted or returned to their country of origin, is close to 100", reaffirmed the Secretary of Strategic Intelligence, Mario Duarte, who indicated that the details of these captures are confidential information.
 
Duarte told Prensa Libre that, as an example of these captures, in 2016 "several citizens of Syrian origin who were detained with false documents were detained, for which they were prosecuted and subjected to criminal proceedings." These individuals were deported in accordance to our laws. "
 
The official explained that the identification of people who are considered "of interest", occurs because of the coordinated work and trust that there is "with several intelligence and security agencies of the world" and that the National Intelligence System of the country also works in a coordinated to prevent any criminal act that may affect Guatemalans. 

More achievements
 
In his speech, the president also said that between 2017 and 2018, one thousand 250 gang members from Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha have been captured, for which 150 structures dedicated to extortion and murder were dismantled. 

According to the president, his administration also managed to decrease to 22.9 homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants, when the average in Latin America is 23 homicides per 100 thousand.
 
The president also highlighted the eradication of 417 million poppy plants during 2017, which translates into US $ 1,400 billion, which would later be produced as heroin.
 
In addition, said Morales, 200 nautical miles of the maritime area of ​​ Guatemala "are free" of the transfer of drugs and work is being done to make this happen in the 400 nautical miles that correspond to the country."

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