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OCOS, Guatemala (AP) — As the United States government works to effectively extend its border security objectives south into Central America, countries like Guatemala have come under renewed scrutiny ...
News Guatemala » Guatemala » Security: Guatemalan inmates take over prisons, holding 46 people hostage
ESCUINTLA, Guatemala/GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting inmates took at least 46 people hostage, ...
News Guatemala » Guatemala » Security: Mexican police kill 4 gunmen, cross into Guatemala in dramatic border shootout
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican state police killed four gunmen near the border with Guatemala, then pursued more suspects into that country in three armored police vehicles, where they engaged in a ...
News Guatemala » Guatemala » Security: Guatemala says it suggested that U.S. send its unaccompanied migrant children home
After planes with Guatemalan children were loaded in the U.S., then prevented from taking off by a federal judge's decision to temporarily halt the children's removal, the Guatemalan government said ...
News Guatemala » Guatemala » Security: US Homeland Security Discusses Asylum Agreement in Guatemala
The acting head of U.S. Homeland Security held private discussions Wednesday on an agreement with Guatemala that would force many asylum seekers to file claims in the Central American country instead ...