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FILE – Guatemalans deported from the U.S. arrive at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City, Dec. 30, 2025, after deplaning a repatriation flight. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

More than 2,300 Mexicans sent to Guatemala and Honduras as Trump ramps up third-country deportations

August 21, 2026 at 8:53 a.m.

The United States has deported nearly 2,300 Mexicans to Guatemala this year and sent at least dozens more to Honduras, according to official data, a shift from the beginning of...

Mirsy Maricela Alva Lopez, a Guatemalan migrant who has been separated from her son Ederson twice, cries during an interview at her parents’ house in San Martín Cuchumatán, Guatemala, Thursday, April 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

President Donald Trump’s administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds

June 4, 2026 at 7:48 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s forcible border separations came to an official halt following global outrage, an Associated Press investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their...

FILE – Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo gives a press conference in Guatemala City, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemala declares state of emergency after armed attacks kill at least 5

December 14, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Sunday said he had declared a state of emergency in two municipalities in western Guatemala.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo walk inside the National Culture Palace to their meeting in Guatemala City, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool photo via AP)

Guatemala’s president denies new asylum deal with US

June 27, 2025 at 7:42 p.m.

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said Friday he has not signed an agreement with the United States to take asylum seekers from other countries, pushing back against comments from U.S. Homeland...

FILE – Mourners visit a make-shift memorial to honor the victims and survivors of a human smuggling tragedy in which dozens of migrants were found dead or dying in a tractor-trailer a week prior, July 6, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Arrests in fatal Texas smuggling attempt climb 2 years after 53 migrants died in tractor trailer

August 22, 2024 at 7:42 a.m.

Arrests following the 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in Texas who were left in a sweltering tractor-trailer have climbed to more than a dozen.

El presidente guatemalteco Alejandro Giammattei, a la derecha, escucha a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris durante una conferencia de prensa el lunes 7 de junio de 2021 en el Palacio Nacional en la Ciudad de Guatemala.

La apuesta anticorrupción de EEUU en Guatemala no será fácil

June 9, 2021 at 2:09 p.m.

En la visita de la vicepresidenta estadounidense Kamala Harris a Guatemala se selló un acuerdo que intentará romper una de las raíces de la migración: la creación de una fuerza...

Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala señaló que la suspensión de los vuelos con deportados es una 'medida cautelar' que se mantendrá mientras se establecen protocolos sanitarios para que puedan ser llevados a sus comunidades.

Guatemala: Migrante deportado de EEUU da positivo a COVID-19

March 30, 2020 at 9:40 a.m.

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA — Un migrante guatemalteco deportado por Estados Unidos el 26 de marzo dio positivo a coronavirus, informó el gobierno de Guatemala el domingo. El hombre de 26...

Un migrante, parte de una caravana que se dirige a la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos, empuja la silla de ruedas de un menor por la carretera en Escuintla, Chiapas, México, el sábado 20 de abril de 2019.

La ayuda no llega y no hay vuelta atrás

May 15, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

La hondureña Madison Mendoza tenía el rostro quemado y los pies lastimados luego de caminar por horas bajo el ardiente sol chiapaneco. Viajaba con su hijo de 2 años y...

Honduran migrants walking to the U.S. in a group pass through Zacapa, Guatemala, on Oct. 17, 2018.

Food, water, ride: Guatemalans aid Honduran caravan migrants traveling to U.S.

August 22, 2019 at 9:35 a.m.

Sweaty, sunburned and exhausted, Jonathan Zuniga had been carrying his 1-year-old baby in his arms for five hours when help arrived unexpectedly from a local woman who offered him a...

Alux Nahual regresa para denunciar la xenofobia en EEUU

May 13, 2019 at 11:19 a.m.

La banda guatemalteca Alux Nahual, que en los 80 dio voz a quienes se oponían a las cruentas guerras entre grupos guerrilleros izquierdistas y ejércitos de países centroamericanos, está de...

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