The Puerta del Istmo ZDEEP: investment and jobs

Dossier: Free zones, ZDEEP and industrial parks07-zonas-parques.md
Domain: The ZDEEPs, one by onezdeep
Room: Invest · The industrial parks, one by one/invertir/parques-industriales
Audited: Audited

Puerta del Istmo sits at km 249.5 of the CA-2 West, Pajapita, San Marcos, 1.3 km from the border with Mexico according to Prensa Libre. It is a multi-user park and was the first ZDEEP authorized by ZOLIC and enabled by the tax authority (SAT), although the Prensa Libre headline calls it the 'second development zone' to start operations, which needs reconciling. Investment at start-up was Q51 M (Q25 M executed plus Q26 M for a second phase), with a projection of 400 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs and a stated potential of up to 25,000; these figures were verified against Prensa Libre in the audit of 2026-08-19. The ZOLIC factsheet that carried different figures (Q20.2 M; 1,550 direct / 6,200 indirect) returned a 404 and cannot be re-verified.

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Figures

Investment at start-upPrensa Libre: Q51 M (Q25 M executed + Q26 M second phase)start of operations (Prensa Libre article)
Projected jobsPrensa Libre: 400 direct / 1,500 indirectstart of operations
Stated employment potentialPrensa Libre: up to 25,000start of operations
Distance to the Mexican borderPrensa Libre: 1.3 km—

Caveat

press figure; ZOLIC factsheet inaccessible (404); the 'first/second' ordering needs reconciling

Sources

Prensa Libre — Puertas del Istmo arranca operaciones, inversión asciende a Q51 millonesprensalibre.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
ZOLIC — ficha ZDEEP Zona Libre Puerta del Istmo (devolvió 404 en auditoría)zolicguate.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
MINECO — inauguran Puerta del Istmo, primera ZDEEPportal.mineco.gob.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

Prensa LibreConfirms the 10% capital gains tax (art. 92, Decree 10-2012), the taxable base, the 10-day deadline and SAT form 1321Other

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