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GUATEMALA CITY -- GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from Sunday’s admission that 20 gang ...
News Guatemala » Security: Guatemala passes anti-gang law, declares gangs terrorist groups
Guatemala has passed a new anti-gang law to combat groups now considered terrorist organizations. The law designates the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs as terrorist groups, increases prison ...
News Guatemala » Security: Guatemala steps up patrols along border as US extends border security goals south
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 » Security: DHS Signs Pact with Guatemala to Confront Irregular Migration and Combat Human Smuggling
Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan has formalized an agreement between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Ministry of Government of Guatemala with the signing of a Memorandum of ...
News Guatemala » Security: 20 members of gang designated by U.S. as foreign terrorist organization escape prison in Guatemala
Twenty members of a gang designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday. The members of the Barrio 18 gang ...
News Guatemala » Security: Guatemala's president accepts resignations of top security officials after gang escape
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from Sunday’s admission that 20 gang members had escaped ...