Agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) arrested four Guatemalans in two different actions when they tried to enter the United States a shipment of heroin hidden inside their bodies. The spokesman of the unit, Phillip Barrera said the first assurance of narcotics was made in New Dawn International Bridge, […]
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The president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, noted that during 2011l kidnappings have decreased by 20%. So far this year there have been 17 reported kidnappings less than last year when the figure reached 82. The figures reported criminal actions that correspond to actual percentage decreased during the year as many cases that have been […]
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The dismembered bodies of a mother and her two young daughters were found today by relief agencies in southeastern Guatemala, official sources reported. The Volunteer Firefighters spokesman Sergio Vasquez, explained to reporters that the village Cienaga Grande de San Jose Pinula morning spotted a head and a hand, and alerted the National Civil Police (PNC) […]
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Que.es reported that millions of children in Guatemala suffer a situation of “vulnerability and danger”, denounced the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography… The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat Maalla M’jid stated – […]
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The Guatemalan tax Selvin Mendez Rios was seriously wounded in an attack in the department of Quetzaltenango (west) and is in “critical condition” at a hospital, officials said. A spokesman for the National Civil Police ( PNC ) told reporters that Mendez Rios, 42, head of the Office of the Department of Retalhuleu (southwest), was […]
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The deployment of the Marines are part of Operation Hammer, an initiative involving several nations, which began on January 15 to stop the transit of illegal drugs by the Central American coast. A contingent of 200 Marines U.S. this week started patrolling the west coast of Guatemala in an unprecedented operation to fight drug traffickers […]
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Francisco Javier Salaverría Facio, from El Salvador, was arrested at La Aurora International Airport as he was traveling to Panama with more than $ 30,000, who had hidden in a suitcase rods. When baggage went through the scanner system, it was verified that the cash was hidden in the suitcase haulers. The money was wrapped […]
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Siglo21.com.gt reported that a risk analysis of the Interior Ministry reveals a latent threat of drug trafficking groups that “intend to put together to make synthetic drug laboratories in the country,” said the head of this portfolio, Mauricio Lopez Bonilla. The official explained that “probably are trying to make natural drugs like cocaine,” that following […]
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This afternoon, about 16 hours began to observe the formation of a strong vortex in its wake has been releasing pictures of the roofs of houses and several trees. This phenomenon began its journey in the southern side of the city and has been concentrated in the area of zone 4. According to the National […]
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Opinion: In recent weeks the authorities have dealt serious blows to various drug trafficking operations, situation warrants noted that while positive, we also should lead to reflection, because it is a clear indication that these organized crime groups are increasing their presence not only in the country, but also diversify their activities and thus the […]
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A man and a woman who were traveling in a van 481DRM agricultural P-plates were captured Sunday by agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) when they had a baby of 15 days old allegedly stolen in the village The rest places, San Pedro Pinula, Jalapa. Read Article
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Delivered 60,000 mosquito nets In order to protect the residents of the mosquito that transmits malaria and dengue, the Ministry of Health will provide 60,000 bed nets in 20 communities of Nuevo San Carlos and San Andres Villa Seca, Retalhuleu, which were donated by the World Health. Read Article
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(Uaxactún, PeténQuip) Laprensalibre indicated that accuse him of leading a gang of tourist assailantsi operating in that department, responsible to strip foreign visitors on routes to Mayan cities. The police chief announced that they seized five bundles of marijuana and a curved machete with which to threaten their victims. Furthermore, a cell phone and a […]
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Prendsalibre.com has reported that Guatemala is a country not at war or a weapons manufacturer, but the civilian population is holding more than 460,000 units in a legal and ammunition imported (legally) between 2009 and 2011 would be enough to give each person two bullets including children. Added to this are pistols, revolvers, rifles and […]
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Prensalibre.com reported, Counternarcotics agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) seized 22 pounds -10 kilos-liquid pseudoephedrine was in plastic bins, hidden in a cardboard box in the office air Combex, in zone 13. The Interior Ministry, in a statement, said the drugs came from France and was bound for a company in San Jose Pinula. […]
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Security forces in Guatemala located an abandoned airplane located on a clandestine airstrip. The airstrip was found in El Manchon, Champerico, Retalhuleu, according to an Emisoras Unidas report. Officials suspect that the plane and airstrip was used by narco-traffickers. Several suspects fled the scene upon the arrival of security forces. An ATV was also abandoned. […]
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The portfolio of the Interior conducted six raids in coordination with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in private hangars La Aurora International Airport. The operation was completed one day after the discovery of a small plane, an Ecuadorian company, which was carrying 405 kilos of cocaine. This expedited forfeiture actions taken yesterday, where […]
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Some 171 Marines Army United States this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces of Guatemala , in the name of “Operation Hammer, operación martillo”, to combat drug trafficking groups operating in the Pacific coast of this Central American country. About 171 Marines Army U.S. this week begin joint exercises with the Armed Forces […]
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Seven Guatemalans and five Ecuadorians were arrested after officials discovered 405 kilos of cocaine inside a private jet. The five Ecuadorians were crew members on the plane, Siglo 21 reports. The other suspects claimed to be unemployed, and that they had travelled to Ecuador for work training. The suspects and the drugs were found inside […]
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Mirna Aguilar Martínez (50) was captured in Tiquisate, Guatemala for allegedly selling drugs in a playground for children. She was found with bags of marijuana and a cell phone, Prensa Libre reports. A resident in the area reported that she would call to children and offer them drugs. At the time of the arrest, Martínez […]
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The United States sanctioned two women from Guatemala who laundered money for a drug trafficking organization associated with the Mexican Los Zetas cartel. The women were identified as Cristina Stetanel Castellanos Chacón and María Corina Saenz Lehnhoff, alias María Corina Del Pinal. According to Publimetro, the person running the organization was Marlory Dadiana Chacón Rossell. […]
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Anti-narcotics officials in Guatemala seized 80 tons of cocaine paste in the port of Puerto Quetzal. The shipment had remained unclaimed since its arrival on July 21, 2012, Siglo 21 reports. Documents indicated it contained varnish, but upon opening the container, it was clear that it was concealing cocaine paste. Officials believe the drugs originated […]
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Lesther Alexander Choxon Cifuentes (28) was captured in the Cartagena airport in Colombia as he attempted to leave the country with 600 grams of heroin in his stomach. A Guatemalan citizen, he was preparing to board a plane en route to Guatemala with a stop in Panama, El Universal reports. He was arrested after authorities […]
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Urban violence causes diaros fifteen homicides and nearly 3500 were wounded. NGOs warn that 800 000 illegal weapons circulating in the country.The violence in Guatemala has killed 2,887 people from January to July this year, equivalent to more than 15 homicides a day, said an official source. Of all the murders during that period, 2,403 […]
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A Guatemalan court on Monday authorized the extradition to the United States of Waldemar Lorenzana, alias ‘The Patriarch’, one of the biggest drug lords in Central America, for their alleged involvement in drug delivery to the North American country and its alleged links with the Sinaloa cartel, as reported by the Guatemalan newspaper “Prensa Libre”. […]
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Nearly 2,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Guatemala with fears more may follow, reports Plan International.Heavy rain has waterlogged swathes of the tiny Central American country, creating the perfect breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes.Of the 1,813 confirmed cases, 26 have developed into the more serious dengue haemorrhagic fever, with three deaths. Read […]
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In Tapachula 58 percent of women engaged in prostitution are Guatemalan and 95 percent of them are between 15 and 19 years old, announced Miriam Gonzalez, a member of the Institute for Women in Migration. Regarding the high number of underage prostitutes, the specialist said that this is also an issue related to human trafficking […]
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A Honduran police officer and two civilians were stopped and arrested as they were driving near the Guatemalan border with $10 thousand in a false compartment. The compartment was located between the back seats and the trunk. Drug-sniffing dogs detected traces of drugs inside the vehicle, leading to the search and seizure.The suspects were identified […]
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Officials arrested four alleged Los Zetas members in Puebla, Mexico and seized drugs, money, firearms, and vehicles. Among those arrested was William de Jesús Torres Solórzano, alias “el W” and “el Come Gusanos.” He is known to have transferred drugs and money between Mexico and Guatemala, Sin Embargo reports. During the operation, cocaine and 830,000 […]
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Some 1,600 years ago, the Temple of the Night Sun was a blood-red beacon visible for miles and adorned with giant masks of the Maya sun god as a shark, blood drinker, and jaguar. Long since lost to the Guatemalan jungle, the temple is finally showing its faces to archaeologists, and revealing new clues about […]
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Luis Antonio Rios Perez (27) was detained in the Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala after flying from Barranquilla, Colombia with liquid cocaine. He had swallowed 46 capsules of the drug to evade detection, the Government of Guatemala website reports. However, after passing through security controls after arriving in Guatemala, officials noted his nervous […]
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Guatemala presents a chilling number of 15,000 cases a year of human trafficking, which affects children and adolescents, especially women, who are used for sexual exploitation and child pornography, a serious problem that is urgent that the security forces and the system justice in our country fight it head on. The current government, through the […]
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After carrying out 12 operation in Jalapa, Guatemala, the National Civil Police, along with Special Forces and the Public Ministry, were able to catch and arrest an alleged assassin. According to a Siglo 21 report, Pedro Lima Cruz (21) was arrested for killing two youths that were suspected to be drug dealers. Their names were […]
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Three containers with chemicals used for the production of synthetic drugs were found by authorities at the Santo Tomás de Castilla port on the Caribbean. According to Prensa Latina, two of the containers were shipped from Russia and contained 800 kilograms of sodium carbonate. The other, shipped from Shanghai, China, contained 19,600 kilos of sodium […]
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20 kilos of cocaine valued at 2 million quetzales were discovered inside a commercial plane that made a stop in the Guatemala City airport after departing from Orlando, Florida, United States. According to El Salvador.com, the cocaine was found in 40 bags in the food preparation area of the plane. It was found when a […]
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Abigaíl Juncos Trinidad, alias “Viga” and Amadeo Wenceslao Junco Grijalva, alias “Maya” were captured in Guatemala. The two were wanted in Florida, the United States, for crimes of drug trafficking and conspiracy. According to Siglo 21, they were planning to distribute several kilos of cocaine and were intending to import the drug into the United […]
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Upon identification of perpetrators, victims also recognized several of his belongings, such as chains, clothing, sweatshirts, pants, cell phones and identification documents. In the raids, authorities seized several vehicles and two motorcycles used by the band. One of the motorcycle was reported stolen after a Brazilian national who announced the sale of this online. “Stakeholders, […]
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President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina announced that the United States and Guatemala will work together the coming July in an operation aimed to combat drug trafficking through Guatemala. Guatemala also plans to coordinate efforts with Mexico due to the 900 kilometer border between the two, Siglo 21 reports. Part of the operation will involve […]
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Recent captures of drug traffickers in Guatemala have been attributed to institutional improvements in the country, which has included a reformatting of investigative bodies, better systems for gathering and analyzing intelligence, and more coordination within and between institutions. According to Agencia Guatemalteca Noticias, these improvements have allowed officials to disband drug trafficking organizations, which has […]
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Antonia Reyna Rivera, 41, and her 15-year-old son were arrested after a raid revealed a stash of drugs including marijuana and crack cocaine in their home. The two resided in the El Porvenir neighborhood in La Gomera, Escuintla, Guatemala, the government reports. 55 bags of marijuana, 45 stones of crack cocaine, 4 inhalation tubes, weapons, […]
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Guatemala’s military on Wednesday destroyed 983 weapons of various caliber that had been seized in the last two years to the crime, pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court, said its president Thelma Aldana. Read Article
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A new way to cheat migrant family was denounced by members of the Committee for Migrants and partnerships that ensure the rights of nationals. Payment must reach up to U.S. $ 375 and the offer is the procedure for obtaining the Temporary Protected Status (TPS by its acronym in English), which the U.S. Congress not […]
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Walter Alirio Montejo Mérida, alias “El Zope,” a Mexican narco-trafficker associated with smuggling operations involving the Sinaloa Cartel, was captured in Guatemala City. According to Provincia, he is one of the most active drug traffickers in Guatemala and is reported to be the link between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Familia Lorenzana, a narco group […]
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Edgar Rolando Acute Alfaro (27), alias “El Chino,” was captured June 5, 2012, in a raid in San José Pínula, Guatemala. He was wanted for murder and attempted murder, Prensa Libre reports. He is accused of leading an armed attack on April 5 that occurred on the road to Mataquescuintla, Jalapa, in which two people […]
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The Superintendency of Banks (SIB) in Guatemala revealed on Friday that so far this year received 53 reports of possible cases of money laundering amounting to 212.29 million quetzals.The head of the SIB, Victor Mancilla, said those 53 cases are directed against 684 people. Read Article
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The southern coast of Guatemala, as well as the capital city, is seeing heightened drug activity due to the mobilization of the Mexican drug trafficking organization Los Zetas. The exhaustion of resources and power in the Petén, Izabal, Zacapa and Huehuetenango areas, which were locations of serious conflicts over the last five years, is blamed […]
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Interpol captured Ecuadorian citizen William Alsivar Medina Rodríguez, 40, in Guatemala City on May 28, 2012. He was wanted in Peru for crimes against public health and drug trafficking, El Universo reports. The arrest occurred at the immigration office in Guatemala City, where Medina had been in the process of completing an application for residency […]
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Around 2:30 a.m. on May 28, armed groups stormed into the Esmeralda colony of the Las Flores neighborhood in Zacapa and fired weapons for six minutes. Zacapa is home to 232,667 residents and is one of the country’s drug entry points. Officials believe the shootout is related to a dispute over drug routes in the […]
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We advise caution in all areas of Guatemala City due to violent crime this includes a recent rise in kidnappings. See Safety and Security – Crime and Local Travel. On 2 May 2012, the Guatemalan President declared a 30 day State of Siege in the town of Santa Cruz Barillas, in Huehuetenango Department (in the […]
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As a result of the violence generated mainly by organized crime and drug trafficking, one in 50 young Central Americans under age 20 will die before they killed 32, according to the UN. The homicide rate in the region, the largest in the world, is 400 times higher than the average in countries with low […]
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Guatemala is preparing to fight narco militarily. And they will do with the Kaibiles elite troops of the Army, already prepared for this Aldor Ismael Mendez, commander of the Army of Guatemala, said that in the jungle training with an objective to kaibiles “strengthen him, preparing for the end of the course is able to […]
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina moved on Saturday to the poorest district of the western city of Huitan, following government-backed charity initiative, Univision TV channel reported. Molina, a retired military officer who acquired presidential post on January14, decided to spend weekend with an impoverished family in Huitan where a child suffers from chronic malnutrition. The […]
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GUATEMALA CITY – One of these actions took place in the “Super Border Bar” located at the 4 Street 20-57, Zone 6, where seven women freed from El Salvador and Honduras. For the development of operating the Interior Ministry required 15 days of planning and intelligence research. As announced on the portfolio manager, Mauricio López […]
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Plane falls in the Aurora zoo, there are three dead Three people inside the aircraft died when it fell in the maintenance area of the zoo in Aurora, near the playground. There is also a worker who suffered burns of second and third grade, reported the Municipal Fire. Read Article-Spanish
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EE. States. revealed its priorities in the region. Venezuela, Argentina and Guatemala are being targeted. After Santos-Obama historic debate on the decriminalization of drugs in the Summit of the Americas, the U.S. government notified them to several countries in the priority plan to confront the drug cartels. In formal and informal talk of a new […]
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Bones found in military area in Coban, Alta Verapaz The Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala (FAFG) has located 99 skeletal bones and nine parts in the 15 pits located in the Regional Command of Peacekeeping Operations Training, where once stood the Military Zone 21 in Coban, Alta Verapaz. Read Article Spanish
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Central American Criminals crossing border to commit crimes, escape back to Guatemala. Tapachula, Chiapas. – On the morning of Sunday, the group of society ladies of the town of Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, denounced the insecurity has increased in recent months in this border city, so they said that American criminals crossing the border the early […]
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Tapachula Chiapas. – The Consul of Guatemala in Tapachula, Francisco Armando Moreno said that in order to switch to the southern border, rather than proposals, family integration must exist, because there are principles that leave people and prevent misconduct and offenses in the future. In an interview, spoke of the security proposals, tourism and trade […]
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The Department of Migration (DGM) of Guatemala announced today that it has received over 21 thousand Guatemalans deported by immigration authorities of Mexico and the United States in the first three and a half months of this year. Report of GMD indicates that U.S. authorities deported 795 9 000 Guatemalan immigrants who remained undocumented so […]
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The National Assembly of Teachers (ANM) and the Ministry of Education hold a competition for the recruitment of 25 000 teachers currently working in the 0-21 row (temporary space) and expected to be transferred to item 0-11 (square budgeted) . At the first meeting carried out by teachers insisted that their conditions for waiving work […]
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An individual was arrested by the police of Zacapa in an operation of identification of vehicles and people installed in the road leading to the village of Santa Lucia, the departmental capital. The detainee is Miguel Angel Ramos Salguero, 62, and was apprehended when he was driving the motorcycle M-653CBC, Asia Hero brand, model 2008. […]
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he National Civil Police (PNC), and reported 48 deaths by violence during Holy Week, the figure includes victims from Wednesday to Saturday until noon, also reported 11 people drowned and 18 died in traffic accidents in the country. The official report says that between the count is that 30 people were killed by gunfire in […]
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Guatemalan authorities say they have begun to see new and disturbing evidence of an alliance between the Mara Salvatrucha street gang and the Zetas drug cartel, one of the most feared criminal organizations in Latin America, a deal with the potential to further undermine the U.S.-backed effort to fight violent crime and narcotics trafficking in […]
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Costa Rica and Guatemala today joined the list of twelve nations, including Panama and Uruguay already, who have not passed the first filter of the Global Forum on Financial Transparency, under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD .) Costa Rica and Guatemala suspended the consideration to which they subjected their peers for not […]
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A year after the abortive purchase of arms that tried to Carlos Menocal, former Minister of Interior, the idea will be taken up by Mauricio Lopez, head of the Interior. At that time (January 2011) Congress stopped the procurement of equipment and ammunition to strengthen the National Civil Police (PNC), a process that identified alleged […]
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The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) investigates the murder of three people located within a compact car that was abandoned in a city in Chiapas bordering Guatemala border. The three bodies were in a Volkswagen sedan vehicle, license plates DRM-55-29 of the state of Chiapas, on the road “Hill Party” May Flower of the […]
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Yellow Alert Continues The Ministry of Health reported yesterday that it maintains a yellow alert was declared institutional recent cases of influenza A (H1N1) identified in the country. Bayardo Diaz, public relations officer of Health, said at March 17 have been reported 88 cases of seasonal influenza -65 influenza A (H1N1) and influenza type B […]
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Sending remittances to Guatemala grew 11.4% in first two months The sending of family remittances from Guatemalans abroad during the first two months of this year exceeded by 11.4% to the amount entered at the same time last year, the central bank said. According to the records of the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat, center) on […]
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In the Mexico and Guatemala border there are 123 uncontrolled border entries. These invisible locations have been used by narcotic traffickers who have installed money laundering and drug trafficking businesses. This southern border reports a monthly circulation of about 300 million dollars and a thousand kilos of cocaine. Read Aerticle
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In the wave of violence in Mexico and tightened security measures at the border with the United States may trafficking to the north and not the best option, some networks have identified Spain as an unbeatable destination, by language and migratory access, despite the crisis facing the country. We offer a fake U.S. visa to […]
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The official recalled that there is a confirmed case of the disease, and eight under study, but said that can be prevented by basic hygiene. Jose del Busto, director of Integrated Health System, said the virus is hardy and can survive up to eight hours on dry surfaces, so it is not recommended to use […]
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Near the border between Mexico and Guatemala, in a cave in the state of Chiapas, 167 skulls were found had hidden more than 50 years. Image of Mexico: 167 skeletons found on the border with Guatemala Estimate that the remains are over 50 years old. A total of 167 bones were found Friday in a […]
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A court in Guatemala on Tuesday authorized the extradition to America of the alleged higher local drug lord, while the Central American country hardens a crackdown on organized crime. John ‘Chamale’ Ortiz López, who was arrested in March 2011 and is kept under arrest in Guatemala, is charged in a Florida court for trafficking tons […]
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Nine people were killed after a helicopter of the Guatemalan Air Force crashed to the ground on the farm Timax, Chacalté village, San Luis, Peten, to prensalibre.com Guatemala Army sources reported that the crashed helicopter pilot is Lieutenant Everard Portillo Salazar, while the other victims have not been identified. They explained that the victims could […]
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Health officials in Guatemala today sent to a laboratory in Atlanta, United States, samples of a virus that has killed at least six children in a rural community east of the country, officials said. The doctor Juan Tomas Garcia, National Zacapa hospital, told reporters that the evidence submitted to the U.S. were made to the […]
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They are a group of paratroopers kaibiles and accompanied by a handful of civilians. The ties that bind are forged in war and peace were consolidated. In his hands he will fulfill the main promise of the government. Speaking of them, will relate the history books most of which orbited around the general and Defense […]
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The President led by social policy flag ended his management on January 14 with a speech in which he emphasized macroeconomic stability, good moment that passes through the seized banks and multi-million dollar organized crime. During the presentation to Congress of its fourth report on the work, Alvaro Colom made a single reference to the […]
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The Coordinator for Disaster Reduction Guatemala-Conrad-and-Institute of Volcanology Insivumeh-called take precautions before the eruption of volcanoes Fuego and Pacaya Guatemalans, who last Saturday led to problems of visibility on flights operated around in the central south. In a statement addressed to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, DGCA, both entities maintain precautions recommended in the […]
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The whole fight against organized crime is on the agenda of a meeting Monday between President of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, and his Salvadoran Mauricio Funes, said Interior Minister Mauricio López Bonilla. “It is very important to all the mechanics of communication and coordination relationships allows us to have a joint agenda in terms of […]
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The president of Guatemala, Otto Perez Molina, said he would propose to the governments of Central America and the United States, “explore the possibility” to decriminalize drug trade as a strategy to stop drug trafficking. “The idea is to bring the issue to the table” with the Central American presidents during the next summit of […]
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CICIG was conducted almost three years by the Spanish judge Carlos Castresana, who resigned on June 7, 2010 after reporting that it was “systematically targeted by groups who want to stay in power.” Guatemalan President Otto Perez announced it will extend by two years the mandate of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), […]
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The Spanish Ambassador Manuel Lobo Lejarreta announced Wednesday that his country will increase financial support for the fight against impunity in Guatemala through a commission established since 2008 by the United Nations for this purpose. During a ceremony, the diplomat said that “the act is a sign of commitment of the government of Spain to […]
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The Minister of Interior, Hector Mauricio López Bonilla, by the Attorney General and Head of the Public Ministry (MP), Claudia Paz y Paz, reported the results of various operations conducted by agents of the National Civil Police (PNC) and Fiscal Public Ministry, which managed to capture six suspected kidnappers, including an agent of the Department […]
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Security forces arrested a man who apparently participated in a crime where four suspected gang members killed in the neighborhood of La Alameda area 18 on August 15, 2010. Read Article
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More than 30 workers of the Public Ministry (MP) and the Judiciary (OJ) Quiché held hostage by hundreds of supporters of the mayor-elect Pedro Raymundo Cobo, who took government facilities. Reportedly, the protest that made 200 people is a measure of pressure to the judges of the Constitutional Court (CC), as the elected mayor could […]
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Guisela Flores, coordinator of the commission of Digital GT of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) explains that there are currently about 12 companies exporting applications and digital content. “ “These companies are constantly creating and developing applications for operating systems like Google Android, iPhone and Apple Inc’s iPhone, but many independent programmers,” said Flores. […]
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The pockets of Guatemalans have benefited in January with a slight inflation. According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures the changes of 440 goods and services, reported that inflation stood at 0.09 percent last month, the lowest since January 2009. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), the reduction in the price of […]
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The drug-related violence that has plagued Mexico since 2006 has claimed another victim – this time a pastor. Church of God pastor Neftali Leiva was allegedly gunned down south of the Mexican border by drug traffickers associated with the Zetas, one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels. It remains unclear what prompted the killing Read […]
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The call for young people wishing to join the Army military reservation was echoed among the population. Proof of this is the interest they showed 2 000 400 young people, as confirmed by the Ministry of Defense. The spokesman for the military, Rony Urizar said that the greatest interest was shown by young people of […]
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Be reassigned 360 agents of the National Civil Police (PNC), which currently provide security to individuals, to protect high hazard areas of the capital, announced by President Otto Perez Molina. He also indicated that later seek the relocation of another 240 items that are also assigned to other tasks, so they are available to the […]
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The National Civil Police (PNC) Marina Perez captured Carreto, 47, accused of having faked the kidnapping of his daughter with the intention that the godfather of the lowest paid the ransom. Carreto Perez was arrested by agents of the PNC anti-kidnapping Command in Lot 5 of the colony’s economic, San Juan Sacatepequez, for the crime […]
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The purpose of the operations was to capture illegal fuel vendors, but only managed to seize vessels with this product, possibly of Mexican origin. During the operation involved five police patrol car with 10, who moved it to the court seized the town of Santa Cruz Muluá. Read Article
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In Asintal, Retalhuleu, Guatemala, the subject, identified as Tun Jonah Gomez, 27, was arrested by the PNC accused of desecrating the grave of his mother and get the body to “revive” with their powers. (PNC). Residents living on the edge of the cemetery heard noises and went to check, to prevent any theft of articles […]
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Seven out of ten women are raped But if something really irritates you is to talk about migrant women, the most vulnerable, the most unprotected: “It’s rare that is saved from being raped,” says circumspect. I ask what data you have. I look and reflect. That it is difficult to get reliable statistics because women […]
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Eight people were killed in an armed attack occurred on Saturday night at a disco in a town south of Guatemala City, one of the most violent in this country, said yesterday the bodies of relief. In the place of attack, a nightclub called El Rancho in the municipality of Villa Nueva, about 25 km […]
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A Guatemalan congressman was shot dead in his car within blocks of the legislative assembly on Friday, one day before a new president and new body of lawmakers take power. Valentin Leal, who defected on Wednesday to the party of incoming President Otto Perez, was killed when two assassins on a motorcycle pulled alongside his […]
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The volcano Fuego is launching fine gray ash to a height of 200 to 800 meters above its crater and avalanches of volcanic flow on Santa Teresa ravines, Taniluyá and Ash. Also in the Santiaguito volcano are being produced constant degassing process produces water vapor column of 250 meters above the cone called Caliente, without […]
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Sacatepéquez is the department where more people have sought shelter from the cold temperatures, according to the monitoring that takes place the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conrad). Since the cold season began in early November until yesterday, have been addressed Sacatepéquez two thousand 25 people in shelters set up in the living Holy Mother […]
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