At the top of the news we showed you how park rangers Elroy Alvarado and Luis Ramirez’s search for Pacaya palms around Caracol took a turn for the worst when they lost their way. Luckily they didn’t encounter and Guatemalan bandits on their 48 hours in the bush.
But FCD rangers along with the BDF and the Special Patrol Unit did make such an encounter on Sunday afternoon.
The team caught 3 Guatemalans with guns, ammunition and a gibnut they hunted and killed.
Dolores, El Peten residents Roni Alexander Lopez, Abraham Estevan Depaz, and Encarnacion Depaz each carried a 20-gauge shotgun. Lopez also had 3 live rounds of 20-gauge ammunition; Estevan Depaz had 2 live rounds while Encarnacion Depaz had 4 live rounds of 20-gauge ammunition and 1 live round of 16-gauge ammunition. Encarnacion Depaz admitted to hunting the gibnut.
The men were taken to the San Ignacio Police station on Monday night. In a release it states “Hunting of wildlife in the Chiquibul Forest has been prominent nearby the western flank of the Chiquibul National Park. However, our last 2016 report noted that less hunting evidence was recorded compared to 2013 which may be attributed to the dramatic decrease of illegal xate extraction plus the cessation of illegal logging in the Chiquibul Forest.”
Later this year, FCD will conduct the third wildlife survey of game species such as great curassows, brockett deer, white lipped peccary and gibnut.
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