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

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The death toll from suspected gangsters’ attacks on Guatemalan police rose to nine Monday, as Guatemalans awoke to heavier security and curtailed rights under a state of siege ...

Forensic investigators place evidence markers at the scene where police officers were killed in attacks reported after security forces retook control of a prison that houses gang leaders, in ...

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

Guatemala's president on Sunday declared a 30-day nationwide state of emergency to combat criminal gangs after authorities accused the groups of killing eight police officers and holding hostages at ...

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

Guatemala's interior minister accused gangs of killing seven police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to transfer gang leaders to a lower-security prison. The killings occurred a ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guatemala became the third Latin American government to declare a state of emergency to combat gang violence, as the region ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Jimmy Gonzalez was out of tears by the time he arrived at the state morgue to claim his father’s corpse. “There’s nothing more to say; my mother and I know that nobody will remember ...

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 ...