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At least 9 dead in stampede at concert in Guatemala

At least nine people have died and some 20 were injured in a stampede in Guatemala early Thursday as the country celebrated its independence

The Independent UK

A Question of Standing review: how the CIA undermined American authority

Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones has written a concise account of damage done by US covert operations from the Iran coup to the Iraq war

The Guardian - US

Axios in Guatemala: Inside U.S. efforts to stop human smuggling

The U.S. supports groups of vetted foreign police in taking down cartels, visa frauds and smuggling networks.

Axios

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‘Tale of two borders’: how a US Covid-era rule shapes fate of migrants

Title 42 bans all migrants from entering the country over spread of Covid – but the rule is largely enforced against Mexicans and people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

The Guardian - US

Guatemala, Taiwan agree to boost diplomatic cooperation, training

Taiwan and Guatemala have signed an agreement to boost diplomatic cooperation and reaffirmed mutual support during a visit by the Central American country's foreign minister to the Asian island, the Guatemalan government said on Thursday.

Reuters

Top corruption prosecutor held in jail as Guatemalan elite bids to purge foes

Virginia Laparra detained in conditions ‘bordering on torture’, which supporters say is retaliation for her efforts to fight corruption

The Guardian - US

Behind bars: Latin America women prisons as seen by Ana Maria Arévalo

Photographer Ana Maria Arévalo "Dias Eternos" focuses on the condition in detention centers and jails for women in Venezuela, El Salvador and Guatemala.

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Many US Guatemalans waiting for passports are ‘doubly undocumented,’ and angry

LOS ANGELES — Rafael González speaks nervously, overwhelmed with frustration and unease.

Los Angeles Times

Guatemala support for Taiwan will not stop 'reunification' of China and Taiwan, says China

(Corrects 'unification' to 'reunification' in headline and first paragraph)

Reuters

Guatemala pledges support for Taiwan, China accuses island of 'political manipulation'

Guatemalan Foreign Minister Mario Bucaro said on Tuesday that the Central American country will "always support" Taiwan, after China conducted its largest-ever military drills around the self-ruled island earlier this month.

Reuters

Kidnappers burned alive by a vigilante mob after boy, 11, killed despite £11k ransom

Smoke rose through the canopy of a Guatemalan jungle village as a group of revenge-driven locals burned to death three kidnappers who shot dead their 10-year-old hostage and dumped him in a septic tank - despite the parents paying their ransom

Daily Mirror

Guatemala follows money in migrant smuggling investigations

Guatemalan investigators raided the home of the alleged leader of a migrant smuggling ring tucked into mountains near the Mexican border in January and found some $51,000 in coins, nearly 100 slot machines and late-model vehicles purchased with cash

The Independent UK

4 places to discover the Mayan world in Mexico and Central America

Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are celebrating three decades of founding the Mayan World Organization (Organización Mundo Maya), which focuses on improving the quality of life of the region's residents through sustainable tourism policies.

Tribune News Service

Guatemalans march in protest of corruption, cost of living

Hundreds of Guatemalans set out from various points of the capital to protest alleged corruption by a deeply unpopular government, the high cost of living and attacks on freedom of expression

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Guatemalan journalist calls charges against him a 'set-up'

A prominent Guatemalan journalist’s initial hearing before a judge has been suspended after the judge announced that the journalist’s lawyers were also targets of the government’s investigation

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Guatemala arrests migrant smugglers wanted by the US

Guatemalan authorities have arrested more than a dozen alleged members of a migrant smuggling network near the shared border with Mexico, including four sought by the United States in connection with the death of a migrant in Texas in 2021

The Independent UK

Guatemalan journalist known for investigations still jailed

A prize-winning Guatemalan journalist jailed on alleged money laundering charges that government critics have denounced as a pressure tactic had his initial appearance before a judge canceled Monday

The Independent UK

Arrest of prominent Guatemalan journalist draws condemnation

Guatemalan officials have arrested a prominent newspaper editor who has overseen investigations into corruption

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Guatemala detains renowned journalist on money laundering, blackmail allegations

Guatemalan authorities arrested a well-known local journalist on accusations of money laundering and blackmail, according to a prosecutor in charge of the case, a move that has sparked outrage among human rights activists.

The Texas Tribune

A 14-year-old went to Texas to help his family build a bigger house in Guatemala. Now his family is burying him.

Juan Wilmer Tulul Tepaz was one of the 53 migrants who died after being trapped in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. His body was returned to his village, which has buried several youths who left to seek better lives in the U.S.

The Independent UK

Guatemala's president visits Ukraine, expresses solidarity

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has visited Ukraine and expressed his solidarity with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Reuters

Over 200 mostly Guatemalan migrants found in Mexican warehouse

Mexican security officials detained more than 200 mostly Guatemalan migrants at a warehouse in central Mexico who were waiting to be smuggled northward, the government said on Sunday.

Miami Herald

Guatemala’s former economics minister pleads guilty to using Miami bank accounts to pay bribes

MIAMI — A former high-ranking government official in Guatemala has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering while paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Guatemalan politicians through the U.S. banking system.

Reuters

Colombia President-elect Petro names Ivan Velasquez as defense minister

Colombia's incoming leftist President Gustavo Petro on Friday named Ivan Velasquez, a former assistant judge in the country's Supreme Court of Justice and previously a UN anti-corruption investigator in Guatemala, as his defense minister.

The Independent UK

Two men indicted in San Antonio migrant trailer tragedy

The Attorney General’s Office could authorize prosecutors to seek the death penalty

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