Key facts
- President Bernardo Arévalo said the three National Civil Police officers died in the line of duty.
- Arévalo instructed security forces to cooperate with prosecutors investigating the killings.
- Authorities have not disclosed a motive for the attack or identified who was responsible.
- The killing comes about three weeks after former anti-corruption prosecutor Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa was shot dead in Guatemala City.
- Authorities have not established a connection between the two attacks.
A Guatemalan lawmaker and three National Civil Police officers were killed in an armed attack in the eastern department of Zacapa, President Bernardo Arévalo said. Lawmaker Julio César Portillo Paz was attacked on Friday in Río Hondo, Zacapa, and was initially taken to a hospital with serious injuries. His death was later confirmed by his party, the National Unity of Hope, or UNE.