[13][14] President of the Congress of Guatemala Nery Ramos lamented the "tragic accident" where "more than four dozen Guatemalans lost their lives in search of daily sustenance".

[13] Mayor of Guatemala City Ricardo Quiñónez Lemus said that emergency services had been deployed while traffic police worked on establishing alternate routes in the affected area.

[13] During an interview on TV Azteca Guate, deputy César Dávila stressed that, at a meeting with parliamentary group leaders of the Congress, a proposal was raised to benefit the families of the people affected by the accident and pointed out that they have discussed the updating of the traffic code, in force since 1996, in order to improve road safety and guarantee the carriers' responsibility.

[36][37] Minister of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing Miguel Ángel Díaz Bobadilla initiated an investigation that revealed the bus had been active for 30 years but still had a license to operate.

[7] On the same day, the Public Ministry of Guatemala (MP) requested a post-mortem examination on the body of Billy Aníbal Foronda Azañón, the 24-year-old bus driver, to detect the presence of possible drugs.