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News Guatemala » Security: Guatemala's new government makes extortion its top security priority

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/guatemalas-government-makes-extortion-top-212847735.html

Published on: Friday 19 January 2024

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo’s new administration says it will make addressing widespread extortion its top security priority. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez, a ...

News Guatemala » Security: Top 3 Security Challenges Awaiting Guatemala’s President-Elect

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/guatemala-organized-crime-news/security-challenges-awaiting-guatemala-president-elect/

Published on: Thursday 22 August 2019

Alejandro Giammattei, a 63-year-old doctor linked to Guatemala’s right-wing elite, became the country’s president almost by surprise. After starting low in the polls, Giammattei became president-elect ...

News Guatemala » Security: What Are Guatemala Presidential Candidates Planning on Security?

News channel or source: https://insightcrime.org/news/guatemala-presidential-candidates-planning-security/

Published on: Friday 14 June 2019

Presidential candidate Sandra Torres is the frontrunner in the polls Guatemala will head to the polls on June 16 to elect a new president, a decision that is sure to have profound implications for the ...

News Guatemala » Security: U.S. – Guatemala Security Pact Targets Crime and Helps Returning Migrants

News channel or source: https://ticotimes.net/2025/06/27/u-s-guatemala-security-pact-targets-crime-and-helps-returning-migrants

Published on: Friday 27 June 2025

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem signed a border security cooperation agreement with Guatemala on Thursday, which includes the use of drones and other technologies to combat ...

News Guatemala » Security: Trump hammers Guatemala, as DHS head offers praise

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-compliments-guatemala-security-cooperation-162102557.html

Published on: Wednesday 24 July 2019

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan speaks at a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill ...

News Guatemala » Security: How Guatemala’s New Government Should Take on the Security Challenge

News channel or source: https://www.cfr.org/articles/how-guatemalas-new-government-should-take-security-challenge

Published on: Sunday 11 September 2011

Front-runner Otto Pérez Molina won 36% of the vote in first round of Guatemala’s presidential elections on Sunday, and will face off against second place finisher Manuel Baldizón in the second round ...

News Guatemala » Security: Guatemala steps up patrols along border as US extends border security goals south

News channel or source: https://kfor.com/news/international/ap-guatemala-steps-up-patrols-along-border-as-us-extends-border-security-goals-south/

Published on: Thursday 13 March 2025

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 ...

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