Guatemala ends emergency powers after a monthlong crackdown sparked by 10 police killings

Guatemala has ended its monthlong state of emergency after deadly attacks on police pushed President Bernardo Arévalo to seek ...
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Guatemala’s Congress OKs state of siege to respond to gang violence

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 ...
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Of Presidential Power and Prison Riots in Guatemala

A wave of violence inside and outside prisons drew attention to President Bernardo Arévalo's fragile political balancing act ...
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Guatemala declares state of siege after gang violence kills 7 police officers

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 ...
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What’s driving Guatemala’s surge in gang violence?

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo has declared a 30-day state of siege over a surge in gang violence - Copyright AFP Johan Ordóñez Guatemala's President ...
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Gang violence in Guatemala kills 7 police officers after inmates take over prisons

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 ...
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Guatemala offers respite from region's gang violence

GUATEMALA CITY – Threatened and harassed by murderous street gang members in their native El Salvador, parents Juan Pablo* and Cecilia were driven to move home time and again. But it was the prospect ...