Ayutla () is a
municipality in the
San Marcos Department of
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
. It is situated along the
Suchiate River
The Suchiate River ( es, Río Suchiate, ) is a river that marks the southwesternmost part of the border between Mexico (state of Chiapas) and Guatemala (department of San Marcos). From its sources on the southern slopes of the Tacaná volcano ...
natural border with
Mexico in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combined
road and rail bridge known as ''
Puente Rodolfo Robles
Puente Rodolfo Robles is a bridge across the Suchiate River between Ciudad Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Chiapas and Ciudad Tecún Umán in Guatemala. The bridge is named after Rodolfo Robles, the Guatemalan physician
A physici ...
'' linking Ayutla to
Ciudad Hidalgo in
Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
,
Mexico.
There exists a
railway which was rebuilt in 2019
In December 2019, the
U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Ayutla's mayor, Erick Zúñiga, under the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, alleging Zúñiga to be "a major drug trafficker," while also alleging that Zúñiga controls a drug trafficking organization and "supplies cocaine to Mexico’s
Sinaloa Cartel ."
Climate
Ayutla has
tropical savanna climate (
Köppen: ''Aw'').
Geographic location
See also
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San Marcos Department
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Rail transport in Central America
Rail transport in Central America consists of several isolated railroad lines with freight or passenger service. The most famous one is the Panama Canal Railway, the oldest transcontinental railroad in the world, connecting Panama City with Col ...
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Rail transport in Guatemala
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Rail transport in Mexico
References
External links
{{San Marcos Department
Guatemala–Mexico border crossings
Municipalities of the San Marcos Department
Proposed transport infrastructure in Guatemala
Transport in Guatemala