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Girls' violent deaths put spotlight on Guatemala violence
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 5 months ago
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Guatemalans shocked by girls' violent deaths From Rafael Romo, CNN Senior Latin American Affairs Editor updated 9:33 PM EST, Fri January 18, 2013 (CNN) -- The shocking killing of two girls in Guatemala has thrust the issue of violence against women
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Guatemala official takes on nation's ugly past, violent present
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 6 months ago
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She holds one of the most dangerous jobs in this spectacularly dangerous country, confronting the most feared and powerful men of the Guatemalan present: gang leaders; dirty public officials; shot-callers in the Mexican drug cartels who have bled in
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Guatemalan army soldiers charged
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 8 months ago
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Guatemalan soldiers arrested over Totonicapan protest killings Col Juan Chiroy was in command of the troops at the demonstration Guatemala has arrested an army colonel and eight soldiers accused of killing indigenous demonstrators during a protest
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Guatemalan president won't use army in protests
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 8 months ago
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Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina is pledging not to use troops to quell protests, blockades or land takeovers, following criticism over a clash in which eight people were killed and 34 injured. The bloodshed happened last week when soldiers,
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Rights groups fear militarization in Guatemala
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 10 months ago
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Human Rights activists in Guatemala said Friday that a joint anti-drug operation between U.S. Marines and the nation's army threatens to revive memories of rights abuses during Guatemala's 1960-1996 civil war...Marines began patrolling Guatemala's
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Swiss police arrest ex-police boss of Guatemala
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 10 months ago
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A former director of Guatemala's national police force who now has Swiss citizenship has been arrested on charges of involvement in extrajudicial killings during the past decade in the Central American country, Swiss police said Friday.
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US welcomes extradition of Guatemala ex-president
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 10 months ago
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U.S. officials are praising Guatemala's decision to allow the extradition of former president Alfonso Portillo, who faces U.S. charges of laundering allegedly embezzled foreign donations. Guatemala's highest court says Portillo can be extradited, but
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U.S. increases drug monitoring in Guatemalan, Honduran waters: official
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 10 months ago
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Southern Command, and Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina attend a meeting at the Presidential House in Guatemala City August 28, 2012. The United States military is ramping up anti-drug trafficking efforts in Guatemalan and Honduran waters to
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Guatemala frees colonel accused of slaying bishop
Guatemala :: Guatemala | 11 months ago
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Invalid E-mail address Add a personal message: (80 character limit) Your E-mail: Invalid E-mail address Sending your article Your article has been sent. Roman Catholic Church officials say a Guatemalan judge has ordered the release of a former
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Guatemala ex-dictator gets 2nd genocide charge
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | 1 year ago
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A Guatemalan judge has lodged a second genocide charge against a former dictator accusing him in the massacre of more than 200 villagers. The charge comes just months after a similar order to try ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt for the killings of 1,
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