Guatemalan officers stood by for nine minutes as the fire raged at a government-run home. It was the culmination of a long history of abuse.
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Mexico Moves to Encourage Caravan Migrants to Stay and Work
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has streamlined the process to give humanitarian visas to migrants from Central America, drawing more toward the border with the United States.
A New Migrant Caravan Forms, and Old Battle Lines Harden
President Trump, locked in a battle over a border wall, is trying to turn the migrants gathering in Honduras to his advantage. In Mexico, the new government vowed to treat the migrants humanely.
Guatemala’s Experiment in Fighting Corruption Is Under Attack
An international panel brought charges against business leaders and politicians. Now it has focused on President Jimmy Morales. He wants to shut it down.
Guatemala Expels U.N.-Backed Anti-Corruption Panel, Claiming Overreach
The government accused the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala of interfering in its domestic affairs, and gave prosecutors 24 hours to leave.
Guatemala Cautious on Young Migrants’ Deaths, Wary of Angering U.S.
Guatemalan officials’ courting of the Trump administration may explain their muted response to the deaths of two children in U.S. custody.
8-Year-Old Migrant Child From Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody
The boy’s death came just weeks after another child from Guatemala, a 7-year-old girl, died in U.S. custody.
In Home Village of Girl Who Died in U.S. Custody, Poverty Drives Migration
Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old girl who died in the custody of American officials, came from a poor Guatemalan village where many see emigration as the only escape from poverty.
Ex-Soldier Gets 5,160 Years in Prison for Guatemala Massacre
Santos López Alonzo, 66, participated in the 1982 killing that all but wiped out a farming village at the height of the civil war, prosecutors said.