The traditional Mayan ceremony was held to mark the conviction of three men for committing crimes against the women in the ...

Twenty members of a gang designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States have escaped from detention in ...

Guatemala has passed a new anti-gang law to combat groups now considered terrorist organizations. The law designates the ...

Guatemala has enacted a new anti-gang law targeting the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs as terrorist organizations. The legislation aims to confine and increase penalties for gang members, ...

Estela’s death at 45 followed her rapid deportation, leaving her teenage daughter to navigate a new life in Guatemala on her ...

Twenty convicted members of the Barrio 18 gang escaped from a maximum-security prison in Guatemala over the weekend, triggering urgent calls from U.S. officials for authorities to recapture them. The ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala on Wednesday granted temporary humanitarian status to 161 Mexicans who fled their country last week seeking refuge from organized crime, even as Mexican officials denied ...

Introduction : language ideologies, collective identities, and the politics of exclusion -- The paradox of ethnolinguistic identity : essentialisms, state-sponsored violence, and cultural righs -- ...