Guatemala seeks to cancel the purchase of aircraft manufactured in Fadea

The announcement of the purchase of the aircraft for $ 28 million caused controversy in the buyer country. The Minister of Defense, Luis Miguel Ralda, said that it was not a whim, but the desire of the Guatemalan air force to fight against organized crime groups, such as drug trafficking.

Colonel Oscar Pérez, spokesman for the Defense, said that if the purchase of the two Pampas III was canceled, they would continue the process of "providing all means to the service of national defense", such as the air system including "aircraft, technical badistance". , avionics, technology, training pilots, aircraft and spare parts ", although he did not say that they would do it with Argentina.

Jafeth Cabrera, Guatemalan Vice President, said that the acquisition of an Argentine military aircraft was "unimportant", which he described as "sad", the country seeking to "fight against the drug trafficking "while" everyone opposes positive things ".

But the office of the Guatemalan mediator, the Institute of Tax Studies of Central America, the opposition and other voices demanded the overthrow of the agreement, until the Comptroller General ratifies that " the procedure conducted by the Department of National Defense was not adjusted to the rules. "

Fadea's answer

On behalf of Argentina Aircraft Factory, they badured not to inform them of any cancellation of purchase and indicated that all processes were followed in a transparent framework.