Volaris suspends flights to and from Guatemala due to protests

Mexican airline Volaris temporarily suspended flights to and from Guatemala on Tuesday due to operational safety and fuel supply issues amid post-election protests in the Central American country.

Guatemala lives its own ninth day of demonstrations and blockades in a row in the streets, where thousands of people are demanding the resignation of government ministry officials whom they accuse of wanting to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, scheduled for January.

operational safety and fuel supply capacity are key to providing services to our customers,” Volaris CEO Enrique Beltranenta said on his X account at midnight Monday, announcing the measure.

He Bernando Arevalo elected President of Guatemalasaid on Monday that the Central American country’s government was using violence to create tension and counter current protests against it, which could serve as a pretext to declare a state of siege.

Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Guatemala since last week, demanding the government resign. Community Serviceincluding his boss Consuelo Porras, who is accused of wanting to interfere with Arevalo’s inauguration, scheduled for January 14.

“The person directly responsible for political crisis “What we are experiencing is Consuelo Porras, who used the institution of a public ministry to try to change the constitutional order,” said Arevalo, who won a runoff election in August.

After his victory, the Prosecutor’s Office (MP) intensified actions against SeedArevalo’s party and the electoral court in an attempt to investigate his election victory.

At the end of September, a deputy raided the headquarters Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in an operation that lasted almost 24 hours and during which boxes containing general election results were seized. This action forced groups of indigenous people, farmers, teachers and students to take to the streets in protest.

The ministry said criminal law gives it the authority to conduct raids and seize evidence as the investigation continues. possible violations in the electoral process.

The protests, which are largely non-violent, span several main roads of the countrythat appear blocked. Classes were suspended in the capital on Monday and Salvadoran authorities said they would help Guatemalan planes refuel their tanks after fuel shortages caused by the blockade.

On Monday evening, the outgoing president Alejandro Giammattei, said on national television that the country would no longer tolerate the barricades, which he called “illegal.” He also added that his administration has evidence that funds were transferred from abroad to local NGOs to maintain the blockade and that authorities would seek arrest warrants.

According to Reuters

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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