Tag: Guatemala City
Ex-Guatemalan soldier deported, faces 1982 massacre charges
GUATEMALA CITY — The United States on Friday deported back to Guatemala a former soldier suspected of helping carry out a massacre during the...
US to help Guatemala train its border protection force
GUATEMALA CITY — The United States agreed Monday to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country’s borders and putting...
From scarcity to abundance: US faces calls to share vaccines
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Victor Guevara knows people his age have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in many countries. His own relatives in Houston have been...
Guatemala prosecutors pursue ex-president Jimmy Morales
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan prosecutors on Wednesday requested that former President Jimmy Morales be stripped of his immunity so he can be prosecuted for...
Guatemala’s top court refuses to seat female justice
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Congress refused to swear in a crusading female judge to the nation’s highest court Tuesday, a move the United States...
Guatemala declares emergency measures as new caravan rumored
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei decreed a “state of prevention” Monday along the country’s border with Honduras, amid reports that a new...
Guatemala City airport closed as volcanic ash coats planes
GUATEMALA CITY — A shift in wind blew ash from an eruption at the Pacaya volcano over Guatemala City on Tuesday, and authorities closed...
Families begin burying murdered Guatemalan migrants
GUATEMALA CITY — Families of some of the 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January began burying their remains Saturday...
Remains of Guatemalan migrants return home
GUATEMALA CITY — The remains of 16 Guatemalan migrants killed near the Mexico-U.S. border in late January were returned to their native country Friday.
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Evacuation request ignored at Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano continued to spew columns of ash thousands of feet (meters) into the air Thursday, but residents of hamlets...