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28 Feb 2015, 5:48 am
Government Accountability Office report ("Central America: Information on Migration of Unaccompanied Children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras") looks at recent flows of migration from Central America and concludes that "Department of State (State), U.S. [read post]
20 May 2020, 6:00 am
Human Rights Watch and Refugees International have raised serious concerns that the United States-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) denies asylum seekers the opportunity to apply for asylum in violation of international law. [read post]
10 Jul 2023, 6:19 am
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the implementation of new family reunification parole (FRP) processes for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, advancing the Administration’s expanded lawful pathways for migration and strengthened... [read post]
12 Apr 2009, 5:24 pm
“It’s an incredible achievement, especially for Guatemala. [read post]
7 Sep 2012, 9:14 am
The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official website; press release] has been based in Guatemala City since beginning operations in 2008 with a mandate to bolster the rule of law that permits the CICIG to... [read post]
13 Apr 2021, 12:05 pm
Guatemala surged 1,500 police and military personnel to its southern border with Honduras and agreed to set up 12 checkpoints along the migratory route. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 9:31 am
[JURIST] Guatemala's Supreme Court on Tuesday approved prosecutors' requests to impeach President Otto Perez Molina for corruption allegations, despite the president having immunity from prosecution. [read post]
5 Sep 2015, 10:45 am
Molina was publicly charged for his role in propagating a scheme [AP report] in which business leaders paid bribes to avoid having to pay duties to Guatemala's customs agency. [read post]
13 Nov 2017, 10:16 am
For the past decade, the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official website], in partnership with the Attorney General's office, have helped in the arrest and prosecution of powerful criminals and corrupt officials who were once deemed untouchable. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 12:33 pm
[JURIST] The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official website] on Wednesday announced that it had issued arrest warrants for former government officials in relation to the extrajudicial killing of several inmates following a 2007 prison riot. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 8:56 am
According to the attorney general and head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala [official website], Morales misappropriated [JURIST report] over $800,000 from his 2015 campaign The recommendation to void immunity will be forwarded to Congress, and a final vote is expected next week. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 11:42 am
[JURIST] A three-judge panel in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former military official to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a 1982 massacre in which 201 people were killed. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 6:16 am
The Congress of Guatemala [official website] approved legislation that decreases the penalties for campaign finance crimes on Wednesday by a vote of 105-19. [read post]
16 May 2014, 4:38 am
[JURIST] The Congress of the Republic of Guatemala [official website, in spanish] on Tuesday approved a non-binding resolution denying any existence of genocide during the civil war lasting from 1960-1996. [read post]
9 Sep 2010, 8:51 am
Of the 17 soldiers accused of committing crimes against humanity during the 1960-1996 Guatemalan civil war [GlobalSecurity backgrounder], three were captured in Guatemala [Reuters report] and four others have been detained in the US by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) [official website] for illegally concealing [JURIST report] their past military service... [read post]
4 Feb 2005, 11:42 am
[JURIST] Guatemala's Constitutional Court [official website] Friday ordered charges dropped against soldiers accused of participating in a 1982 massacre of more than 300 civilians, citing the countrys's National Reconciliation Law [PNS report]. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 2:49 pm
Reyes was appointed to the position by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom late last month, but he came under close scrutiny earlier this week when the head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) [official website], Carlos Castresana, accused him of having ties to organized crime [JURIST report]. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 7:45 am
Authorities claimed that Gilberto Jordan committed naturalization fraud [Reuters report] by concealing his military service and involvement in Guatemala's December 1982 massacre in the village of Dos Erres, which left as many as 162 dead. [read post]
7 Feb 2012, 10:08 am
Guatemala allows extradition for cases that have been resolved or in cases in which the suspect is not wanted for a crime in Guatemala. [read post]
25 Nov 2011, 2:20 pm
KICKSTARTER: Guatemala’s Lost Photos. [read post]
