A wave of violence inside and outside prisons drew attention to President Bernardo Arévalo's fragile political balancing act ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guatemala's minister of the interior, Marco Antonio Villeda presents a flag to the family member of a slain police officer at the ...

Guatemala has ended its monthlong state of emergency after deadly attacks on police pushed President Bernardo Arévalo to seek ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo declared a 30-day state of siege Sunday after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers in apparent ...

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital Sunday killed seven police officers, authorities said, shortly after officials in the country’s southwest retook control of ...

Guatemala is returning to hardline security policies amid a resurgence of gang activity, two years after its president pledged a renewed approach to the problem. Upon taking office in January 2024, ...

Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to transfer gang leaders to a lower-security prison. The killings occurred in the ...

The worsening gang warfare in Guatemala has piled pressure on President Bernardo Arevalo to crack down on crime and root out corrupt officials accused of links to organized crime. The murder of 10 ...