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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

For over ten years, Angélica Macario has sought to preserve the archive of the Council for Ethnic Community Runujel Junam in a struggle to keep the memory of the genocide alive.

Guatemala lifted its state of emergency Monday, one month after President Bernardo Arevalo sought special powers following the killing of 10 police officers by suspected gang members.

Guatemala has ended its state of emergency, initiated when President Bernardo Arévalo exercised special powers following the murder of 10 police officers by suspected gang members. Restrictions, such ...