In attempting to target gang leadership, Guatemala's government instead exposed its limited capacity to do so.

FILE - Soldiers patrol an area next to a piece of graffiti referring to the Mara Salvatrucha gang during the country's state ...

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

Heavily armed Guatemalan troops and military police deployed to the country's capital Tuesday, challenging street gangs ...

President Bernardo Arevalo replaces a month-long emergency decree with a “state of prevention” after 11 police officers were killed in gang-linked 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 ...

Guatemala ends its state of emergency, declared after gang violence, and will launch a new security operation in the capital to combat crime.

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 ...