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The Guatemalan Civil War began in 1960 between the government and leftist actors, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths. [6] 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. [7]
A Guatemala judge who last week ordered nine former police and military officers to stand trial for alleged crimes during that country’s civil war, said Wednesday that death threats against him ...
The illegal drug trade in Guatemala includes trans-shipment of cocaine to the United States. According to some reports, Mexican drug cartels such as Sinaloa have also established poppy growing operations there. There is a reported relationship between the Mexican Los Zetas cartel and the Guatemalan Kaibiles military force.
Guatemala: Diario de Centroamérica: Killed [16] 12 July 1967: José Arnoldo Guilló Martínez: Escuintla, Escuintla Department: Radio Sur Radio Palmeras: Disappeared [17] 4 September 1967: José Torón Barrios: Guatemala: Voz de la Liberación: Killed [16] 1968: Gonzalo Acevedo: Guatemala City, Guatemala Department: La Hora: Killed [18] 1970s ...
Since 2012, the government has opened at least five new military bases, with over 21,000 troops deployed throughout nine states.These "Citizen Security Squadrons" range from Huehuetenango to Quiche and Alta Verapaz, from Escuintla to Suchitepequez and Santa Rosa, and from Zacapa to Izabal and Chiquimula, and are also stationed in Guatemala City.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, forcing authorities to close a portion of a highway, police said Tuesday.
Noticias Guatemala [4] Diario de Centro América, the nation's newspaper of public record [5] La Hora [6] El Metropolitano, based in Mixco; published twice each month [7] Nuestro Diario, the most widely circulated newspaper in Central America [8] El Periódico [9] Publinews, the first free daily in Guatemala [10]
Crime in Guatemala City (1 P) G. Gangs in Guatemala (3 P) M. Missing person cases in Guatemala (1 C, 9 P) P. Prisoners and detainees of Guatemala (5 C, 4 P) U.