News Guatemala » Peten » Trade: Guatemala declares emergency over drug massacre
Guatemala declared a 30-day state of emergency for the northern Peten region following the brutal massacre of 27 people at a cattle ranch. President Alvaro Colom called the killings sadistic and ...
News Guatemala » Peten » Trade: Explore the Maya ruins of Guatemala's northern Petén department
Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old traditions, and an opportunity to learn about the country’s history from ...
News Guatemala » Peten » Trade: Guatemala: Brutality and Impunity: Over 28 Decapitated in Petén
This weekend in Guatemala was the bloodiest of 2011. Citizens in El Petén, the northernmost department (state) of Guatemala bordering Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua and Mexico, are in the middle of one ...
News Guatemala » Peten » Trade: The Jalisco Cartel’s Quiet Expansion in Guatemala
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News Guatemala » Peten » Trade: Exploring Remote Ruins in Guatemala’s Jungles
When it comes to tracking treasures of antiquity, your average American traveler will usually set his or her sights across the Atlantic on the ruins of the Roman Empire in Italy, the temples of ...
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