According to the cited documentsOperational security
Homicides concentrated in Guatemala and Escuintla
~50%
2024OSACVilla Nueva (a "do not travel" municipality) and Amatitlán are at the same time the historical industrial axis (parks such as Zeta La Unión and the corridor towards Escuintla), and Escuintla simultaneously holds the largest ZDEEPs (Michatoya Pacífico) and 49% of cargo hold-ups. The sector's documented practice is to operate inside closed industrial parks with private perimeter security and to manage the risk in transit, not at the plant. Guatemala and Escuintla account for about 50% of the country's homicides (2024, OSAC).