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Central American officials to press Biden on migrant rights

December 24, 2018 at 12:16 a.m.

By Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden travels to Guatemala on Friday to discuss the rising tide of unaccompanied Central American minors crossing the U.S. border,...

Seven adults, two children shot to death in Guatemala jungle

August 25, 2021 at 1:12 a.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Nine people including a baby and a young girl were killed on Saturday in an attack on their home in a dense jungle region in northern...

Mexico captures man wanted in killing of Guatemalan police

August 24, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested on Friday a suspected Guatemalan drug trafficker accused of leading the June slaughter of eight police officers in Guatemala's western highlands, authorities said....

Kerry to push for OAS reform, broad debate on drug policy

May 23, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

ANTIGUA, Guatemala (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will press for reform of the 35-nation Organization of American States and back a broad approach to tackling drug-related violence...

Kerry to push for OAS reform, broad debate on drug policy

August 24, 2021 at 4:33 p.m.

ANTIGUA, Guatemala (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will press for reform of the 35-nation Organization of American States and back a broad approach to tackling drug-related violence...

Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money-laundering charges

August 24, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money-laundering charges, just days after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's genocide...

Guatemala’s top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction

November 3, 2021 at 11:08 p.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a dispute broke out...

Guatemala’s top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction

December 24, 2018 at 7:58 a.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a dispute broke out...

Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide

August 24, 2021 at 2:50 p.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil...

Guatemalan judge reopens genocide trial of Rios Montt

August 24, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan judge on Thursday restarted the genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt following a two-week suspension due to a fight over who should...

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