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March 13, 2021 at 12:40 pm

Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants VIEW

COMITANCILLO, Guatemala (AP) — Families of some of the 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January began burying their remains Saturday...

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March 10, 2021 at 9:06 am

Guatemala presidents picks chief of staff for top court seat

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s president chose his chief of staff and one of his closest advisers to fill a seat on the country’s highest...

March 8, 2021 at 9:48 am

3 female Guatemalan judges defend rule of law

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Three female judges in Guatemala have emerged as critical figures in the fight for the rule of law in a justice...

March 2, 2021 at 5:02 pm

Guatemala begins reshaping court; corruption concerns grow

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s Congress began reshaping the country’s highest court Tuesday, selecting a new magistrate and an alternate in decisions that could have...

February 11, 2021 at 7:41 am

Guatemala mom waits 2 decades for trial in daughter’s murder

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Rosa Franco Sandoval spent two decades seeking justice for her daughter, whose murder helped spur the creation of Guatemala’s national alert...

February 5, 2021 at 7:57 pm

Guatemala: US ending accord that sent asylum seekers back

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala said Friday the U.S. government is ending an arrangement that sent asylum-seekers who reached U.S. borders back to the Central...

January 25, 2021 at 12:37 pm

Guatemalan families think massacre victims were migrants

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Relatives of migrants from Guatemala said Monday they believe that 13 of the 19 charred corpses found in a northern Mexico...

November 21, 2020 at 2:03 pm

Protesters torch Guatemala’s Congress building amid unrest VIEW

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke into Guatemala's Congress and burned part of the building Saturday amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei...

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A rescue dog and his handler search for survivors amid the destruction caused by a massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo via AP) GTM114 GTM114

November 6, 2020 at 9:00 pm

Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to Cuba VIEW

PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide,...

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November 5, 2020 at 9:01 pm

Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buried VIEW

PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan search brigades pulled the first bodies Friday from a massive rain-fueled landslide where at least 100 people are believed to...