After an operation that lasted more than 20 hours in a highly trafficked area in Guatemala City, Miguel Estuardo Méndez Vicente, 19 years old, was released on bail after a judge determined there was not enough evidence to link him to the Boca del Monte massacre where content creator known as "La MiAmor" died.
Méndez Vicente had been captured over the weekend in the Los Cerritos settlement, zone 7, next to the El Incienso bridge, after the National Civil Police identified him as a suspected accomplice in the armed attack that occurred on July 25, where seven people were murdered. After his initial statement, the duty judge decided to grant him a substitute measure and set a bail.
The judicial decision was based on the fact that the evidence presented by the detectives was not sufficient to support his alleged involvement in the massacre. The judge only considered the alteration of the vehicle in which the detainee was traveling to be proven.
The judicial decision and the discovery of stolen vehicles
According to police investigation, the car driven by Méndez Vicente bore a license plate that did not correspond to it. The agents also established that the vehicle had a report of theft.
During the operation in Los Cerritos, authorities checked the status of more than 100 vehicles parked on a municipal property. In that deployment, they located two automobiles c…
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Miguel Estuardo Méndez Vicente regained his freedom on bail in Guatemala after a judge dismissed sufficient evidence for the Boca del Monte massacre. (Guatemalan PNC) After an operation that lasted more than 20 hours in a highly trafficked area of Guatemala City, 19-year-old Miguel Estuardo Méndez Vicente was released on bail after a judge determined there was not enough evidence to link him to the Boca del Monte massacre, where content creator known as "La MiAmor" died. Méndez Vicente had been captured over the weekend in the Los Cerritos settlement, zone 7, beside the El Incienso bridge, after the Civil National Police identified him as a suspected participant in the armed attack that occurred on July 25, in which seven people were killed. Following his initial statement, the duty judge decided to grant him a substitute measure and set bail. The judicial decision was based on the fact that the evidence presented by detectives was insufficient to support his alleged involvement in the massacre. The judge only considered credible the alteration of the vehicle in which the detainee was traveling. During the operation in Los Cerritos, authorities inspected more than 100 vehicles and found two stolen cars with changed plates. (Guatemalan PNC) According to police investigation, the car driven by Méndez Vicente bore a plate that did not belong to it. The agents also established that the vehicle had a report of theft. During the operation in Los Cerritos, authorities checked the status of more than 100 parked vehicles on a municipal property. They found two cars with changed plates and, upon verifying the engine number, determined that both had been stolen. The two vehicles were seized and taken to a property under PNC custody. Detectives told the court that the municipal property was used by Mara Salvatrucha members to hide stolen cars and to use them in illegal activities such as transporting weapons or drugs to different parts of the city. The Civil National Police stated that the Los Cerritos municipal property had been used by Mara Salvatrucha to hide stolen cars and transport weapons or drugs. (Guatemalan PNC) The judicial ruling did not close the investigation into the massacre. The main focus of the case remains the attack in Boca del Monte that left seven dead and two injured during midnight on Saturday, July 25, in zone 2 of that sector of Villa Canales municipality. The main hypothesis points to drug trafficking and a gang dispute. Among the victims was María Eugenia Reyes Morales, the content creator known as "La MiAmor." Her husband and one of her children also died. María Eugenia Reyes Morales, known as La MiAmor, died in a massacre in Villa Canales, Guatemala, which left six victims. (Guatemalan Volunteer Firefighters) After the armed attack, the PNC spokesperson told Infobae that investigators are considering three analysis routes, with the most consistent being small-scale drug sales. "For now, three hypotheses are being considered. One is drug sales, the second is revenge, and finally, extortion is mentioned, but the first is the strongest." Regarding the extortion line, the spokesperson clarified that it is not yet clear whether the family was a victim of this practice or promoting it against someone else. What the police consider almost certain, according to the official, is that there is a connection with gangs. The publication indicated that the strongest hypothesis places the motive in a territorial dispute related to drug trafficking between Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). That line is currently guiding the investigations into the attack that shocked Guatemala. The police investigation determined that the vehicle driven by Méndez Vicente had a plate that did not belong to it and a report of theft. (Guatemalan PNC) In the hours following the crime, there was a circulating version that the TikToker known as "El Pako," son of "La MiAmor" and his partner in humorous videos, had also died. Later, he himself posted a video dismissing his death.