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Two Guatemalan soldiers die in helicopter crash during anti-drug operation in Ixcán

Two Guatemalan soldiers supporting an anti-narcotics operation died on Sunday when the helicopter they were flying crashed in a remote area in northwestern Guatemala, near the Mexican border, according to the Army and the Attorney General’s Office.

Captain Luis González, the pilot, and Lieutenant Elvis Álvarez, the co-pilot, died after the helicopter crashed into the Chixoy River in the municipality of Ixcán, approximately 150 km northwest of Guatemala City, the Armed Forces said in a statement.

The aircraft, which suffered an “accidental mishap,” took off from a base in the capital and was in the area “as part of the operations supporting public security forces,” the Army added.

The helicopter was en route to Ixcán to pick up police officers, prosecutors, and officials who were inspecting a burned aircraft that had allegedly been used hours earlier to transport drugs, said Moisés Ortiz, spokesperson for the Attorney General’s Office.

Ortiz explained that the helicopter “likely collided with high-tension power lines, which caused the crash.”

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Videos released by local media showed the helicopter flying at low altitude over the river before falling into the water.

With the help of local drug traffickers, international cartels use Guatemala and the rest of Central America as a transit route for drugs heading to Mexico and the United States.

According to Washington, 90% of the cocaine entering the U.S. passes through Mexico and Central America by land vehicles, small aircraft, boats, and submarines.

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