Was There an Attempted Presidential Assassination in Guatemala?

 Hat tip Vlad Tepes and Gates of Vienna

On Saturday, Guatemalan president Alejandro Giammattei was attending the opening of a highway in a village near the Mexican border. While Guatemalan soldiers were providing perimeter security in the area, a vehicle approached them at a high speed, reportedly about 2 kilometers from where the president was located, and opened fire on the soldiers. In returning fire, soldiers wounded one suspect, but the others managed to flee into Mexico where four suspects were apprehended by Mexican forces.

There are a lot of questions surrounding this incident, specifically, was the Guatemalan president the target of the attack? It may be a coincidence, but this incident coincides with the arrest of a Guatemalan journalist who had been reporting on the alleged corruption of the Giammattei government.

The below Guatemala news video from Noticiero el Vigilante (Guatemala) is translated by Fousesquawk.