Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guatemala's minister of the interior, Marco Antonio Villeda presents a flag to the family member of a slain police officer at the ...

The Central American country is under a state of emergency after a massacre of police officers that calls into question the ...

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 ...

Security forces enter the Renovation maximum-security prison to free guards taken hostage and retake control of the facility, which houses gang leaders, in Escuintla, Guatemala, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital Sunday killed seven police officers, authorities said, shortly after officials in the country’s southwest retook control of ...

As gang violence escalates, the U.S. Embassy has issued a security alert for Americans in Guatemala. Travelers have been ...

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 CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo declared a 30-day state of siege Sunday after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers in apparent ...