The Unión Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (UNSITRAGUA-HISTORICA) reported an armed attack on workers at the agricultural company Omagua Campo Verde I y II, in Puerto Barrios, Izabal, which supplies the multinational company Chiquita Brands.
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a group of 11 workers holding a meeting in the trade union headquarters on 10 January 2014. The General Secretary, Juan de Dios Sagastume Rodas, was hit by a bullet in the knee.
Despite being immediately informed of the incident, the National Civil Police did not appear until the following day, when two officers went to interview Sagastume Rodas at the hospital in Puerto Barrios.
