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Guatemalan law allows firearm possession on shall-issue basis as a constitutional right. With approximately 12 civilian firearms per 100 people, Guatemala is the 70th most armed country in the world.
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Kyle Busch was arrested on Jan. 27 in Mexico for having a handgun. He finished third in the Clash on Sunday. (Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) (Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
A bus falls off of a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others. [ 2 ] 11 February – Former congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar is sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment by a US court for involvement in trafficking cocaine to the United States.
Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians. [1] Laws of some countries may afford civilians a right to keep and bear arms , and have more liberal gun laws than neighboring jurisdictions.
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo’s new administration says it will make addressing widespread extortion its top security priority.
The Guatemalan Civil War began in 1960 between the government and leftist actors, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths. [5] Sources cite the history of conflict in Guatemala as rendering communities accustomed to violence today, and the extension of incompetent or corrupt state institutions facilitates the impunity associated with such violence. [6]