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

President Bernardo Arévalo ended the nationwide state of siege in Guatemala on Monday, while maintaining joint military and police operations to combat organized crime and gangs. The move comes ...

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 has become a focal point in the broader strategic competition between China and democratic states for influence in the Western Hemisphere.

FILE - Soldiers patrol an area next to a piece of graffiti referring to the Mara Salvatrucha gang during the country's state of emergency Guatemala City, Jan. 20, 2026.

A registered sex offender from Anaheim charged with kidnapping a 13-year-old Orange County girl and repeatedly raping her has been captured in Guatemala as part of a multi-jurisdictional effort, ...

Carl Grillmair’s work included research using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and focused on galactic structure, dark matter ...

Westminster investigators previously identified Brian Estuardo Verbena-Martinez, 34, of Anaheim as the suspected kidnapper ...

An Anaheim man has been returned to Orange County to face child crime charges after he was on the run to avoid an arrest for several weeks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Orange ...

Authorities have captured an Anaheim man in Guatemala who is accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 13-year-old Orange County girl late last year, officials announced Wednesday. Brian Estuardo ...

El Salvador-style crackdown and mega-prison not the answer to organised crime and violence in his country, says interior minister ...

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