#guatemala

6:03pm, 31st July, 2019

Guatemala's shortcomings raise doubts about U.S. migration deal

Guatemala's refugee agency meets only sporadically and operates on a bare-bones basis, adding to doubts about how the crime-wracked, impoverished Central American country will cope with a surge in asylum-seekers under a deal signed with Washingt...

Guatemala prosecutors probe presidential candidate, lawmakers over graft

5:11pm, 7th May, 2019

World

Guatemala prosecutors probe presidential candidate, lawmakers over graft

Guatemalan prosecutors have launched an investigation into a presidential candidate, six lawmakers and a cabinet minister on suspicion of corruption, the U.N.-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) said late on Monday.

U.S. ending aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras over migrants

6:45pm, 30th March, 2019

World

U.S. ending aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras over migrants

The United States is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, known collectively as the "Northern Triangle," the State Department said on Saturday, a day after President Donald Trump blasted the Central American countries for sending m...

At least 32 killed in Guatemala as truck plows into crowd

12:46am, 28th March, 2019

World

At least 32 killed in Guatemala as truck plows into crowd

A truck crashed into a crowd of people in western Guatemala on Wednesday evening, killing at least 32 people, authorities said.

Body of missing British woman found in Guatemala

1:42am, 12th March, 2019

UK

Body of missing British woman found in Guatemala

Searchers have found the body of a 23-year-old British woman in Guatemala a week after she went missing, police in the Central American nation said on Monday.

U.S.-bound migrants enter Guatemala, others clash at border

10:37pm, 28th October, 2018

US

U.S.-bound migrants enter Guatemala, others clash at border

A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador and crossed into Guatemala on Sunday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.

Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico

4:06pm, 23rd October, 2018

World

Second migrant caravan in Guatemala heads toward Mexico

A group of more than a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala headed toward the Mexican border on Tuesday as the first caravan of migrants paused in southern Mexico on its planned journey toward the U.S. border.

Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts

1:31am, 20th October, 2018

World

Migrants camp on bridge between Guatemala and Mexico as U.S. pressure mounts

Hundreds of Central American migrants bedded down overnight on a bridge separating Guatemala and Mexico, many squeezed against a metal border gate, as efforts to halt a trek north by a caravan of thousands of people gathered pace under U.S. pressure.

More Honduran migrants seek to join U.S.-bound group in Guatemala

1:42pm, 17th October, 2018

World

More Honduran migrants seek to join U.S.-bound group in Guatemala

More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off regional aid in reprisal.

Guatemala says anti-corruption chief will not return despite court ruling

8:16pm, 17th September, 2018

World

Guatemala says anti-corruption chief will not return despite court ruling

Guatemala's government, appearing to defy an order by a top court, said on Monday it would not permit the leader of a U.N.-backed anti-corruption body to return to the country, prompting opponents to warn of a constitutional crisis.

Guatemala court rules for return of chief of anti-graft body

9:34pm, 16th September, 2018

World

Guatemala court rules for return of chief of anti-graft body

Guatemala's constitutional court on Sunday made a provisional ruling by a unanimous vote to allow the chief of a United Nations-backed anti-graft body to return to the country, a spokesman told a press conference at the court.

Guatemala not renewing mandate of U.N. anti-corruption body

4:39pm, 31st August, 2018

World

Guatemala not renewing mandate of U.N. anti-corruption body

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Friday his government has decided not to renew the mandate of a U.N.-backed anti-graft commission that helped bring down his predecessor and also tried to have Morales impeached.

Prosecutors again attempt to strip Guatemala's president of immunity

10:12pm, 10th August, 2018

World

Prosecutors again attempt to strip Guatemala's president of immunity

Guatemala's attorney general and the U.N.-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) moved on Friday to lift President Jimmy Morales' immunity so he can be investigated for alleged illicit campaign financing.