Guatemala

Killing of former anti-graft prosecutor a grim milestone in Guatemala's political violence

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo speaks to the media after visiting the family of lawyer and anti-corruption figure Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, who died after being shot by unknown assailants on Saturday while visiting a sports center, during his wake at a funeral home in Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 19, 2026. REUTERS/Cristina Chiquin

Prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer killed in shooting

Authorities work at crime scene where Guatemalan lawyer Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa was killed in an armed attack, on Oct 17.

Empty nets in Latin America as fish flee El Nino

From Ecuador and Peru in South America, to Panama and Guatemala in Central America, some skippers have stopped going out all together as fish stocks dwindle close to shore in seas running at up to 6 deg C above normal.

US deports more than 2,000 Mexicans to Guatemala despite Mexico's objections

FILE PHOTO: Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo delivers a speech during the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, Belgium October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/ File Photo

Hundreds flee homes after Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupts

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupting in Alotenango, some 65km south-west of Guatemala City, on Aug 4.

Guatemalan man deported from US and wife found dead in sugar field, baby alive beside them

People looking on as police the deaths of Nixon Giovanni Perez, 43, and his wife, Glendy Marisol Gonzalez, 25, on July 28, in Retalhuleu, Guatemala.

Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agency

Aurora and her six-year-old daughter during an interview with Reuters in the Central Valley of California on July 23. They had been detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and sent to a family detention centre in Texas.

Strong quake off Mexico coast rattles Guatemala and El Salvador, but leaves no damage

People evacuating a building in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 17, after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, triggering a tsunami warning and shaking buildings in neighbouring Guatemala and El Salvador.

Guatemala outlines deal for US aid against drug trafficking

FILE PHOTO: President of Guatemala Bernardo Arevalo participates in a bilateral meeting with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 26, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Guatemala's president names Gabriel Estuardo Garcia as new attorney general

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo delivers a speech during the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels, Belgium October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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