Guatemala

Official Alleges The U.S. Has Deported Many COVID-19-Positive Migrants To Guatemala

11:43pm April 15, 2020

by Maria Martin

Health Minister Hugo Monroy said deportees from the United States now account for a large number of coronavirus cases in the country, although Guatemala's president has cited only four cases.

Central American migrants, sent from the United States, walk out in the streets of Guatemala City after arriving at the airport on Feb. 13, 2020. When asylum-seekers land in Guatemala, they are processed by immigration and asked if they want to stay in Gu

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Asylum-Seekers Reaching U.S. Border Are Being Flown To Guatemala

5:18pm March 11, 2020

by Reynaldo Leaños Jr.

Hundreds of asylum-seekers are not getting a chance to make their case in U.S. immigration court. Instead, the migrants are put on planes to Guatemala and told to ask for asylum there.

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Mexico's National Guard prevents migrants who walked across the river from making their way farther into Mexico.

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Honduran Mom Reunites With Her 5-Year-Old After Migrant Caravan Crackdown In Mexico

6:59pm January 22, 2020

by James Fredrick

After Mexican officials fought to stop a migrant caravan from entering, Saury Vallecilla Ortega was temporarily separated from her youngest child and feared for the worst.

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Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River by foot from Guatemala (left) to Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, on Monday.

Migrant Caravan Crosses River into Mexico In Standoff With Security Forces

6:11pm January 20, 2020

After closing a bridge linking Guatemala with Mexico, a caravan of Central American migrants waded across a river connecting the countries but their journey is being stopped by Mexican troops.

A Border Patrol agent and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent oversee the people waiting to cross into the U.S. from Matamoros, Mexico, at the Port of Entry in Brownsville, Tex., Tuesday, last month.

CBP Says Enforcement Actions At U.S.-Mexico Border Down For 7th Straight Month

5:51am January 10, 2020

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there were just over 40,000 cases where someone was apprehended or refused entry at the southern border.

Health & Safety

In Guatemala, A Bad Year For Corn — And For U.S. Aid

12:00pm September 30, 2019

by Alissa Escarce

Last spring, Trump froze almost $500 million in funding to three Central American countries to pressure them to stop the flow of migrants. The impact on farmers could end up increasing migration.

Eulalio Barrera Barrera's family was one of 6,000 to receive a monthly stipend funded by USAID that was cut off last month because of President Trump's foreign aid funding freeze. Like many families in the program, he spent the last cash on chickens.

Trump Froze Aid To Guatemala. Now Programs Are Shutting Down

2:13pm September 17, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

In April, the president put $450 million on hold for Guatemala as well as Honduras and El Salvador over what he described as the failure of their governments to stem the flow of migrants to the U.S.

Alejandro Giammattei stands before supporters in Guatemala City on Sunday, before being declared the victor in Guatemala's presidential elections.

Guatemala's Incoming President Faces Tense Migration Talks With The U.S.

5:41pm August 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Voters elected conservative candidate and former prison director Alejandro Giammattei to lead the country. It was his fourth bid for the presidency. He faces poverty and Washington threats.

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Guatemalan migrant Lety Pérez embraces her son, Anthony, while pleading with a Mexican National Guard member to let them cross into the United States, near Juárez, Mexico, on Monday.

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Photo Of Mother Pleading With Mexican Soldier Draws Attention To Migrant Patrol

8:32pm July 24, 2019

by Carrie Kahn

In what a former Mexican official called the "pic du jour," a Mexican National Guard member stands in the way of a Guatemalan woman and her son who are trying to reach the U.S. border.

Sandra Torres, former first lady and presidential candidate for the National Unity of Hope (Union Nacional de la Esperanza) party, center, displays an inked finger after voting during presidential elections in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday.

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Former First Lady Leads In 1st Round Of Voting In Guatemala Presidential Election

8:15am June 17, 2019

by Scott Neuman

Sandra Torres, who is now divorced from former President Álvaro Colom, is leading a field of nearly 20 candidates. She has promised to invest heavily in health care, education and agriculture.