Guatemala

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.
Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

Lev Tahor member Yoel Alter, 35, is escorted by Guatemalan police officers after being arrested at court in Guatemala City on January 24, 2025.

Leader of ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect extradited to Mexico, charged with human trafficking

Police officers load the bodies of the victims who died in a road accident onto a truck at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025.

At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident


Hurricane Eta wreaks 'shocking' Central America devastation, dozens dead

In Honduras, families waded through flooded streets of the northern city of San Pedro Sula, while cars sat almost submerged in parts of the central Guatemalan city of San Pedro Carcha

A submerged evangelical church is seen along a flooded street during the passage of Storm Eta, in Pimienta, Honduras November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera

Guatemala designates Hezbollah as terrorist organization

Guatemala's recognition comes a day after Estonia announced that it will impose sanctions on Hezbollah.

President Reuven Rivlin with President-elect Alejandro Giammattei of Guatemala, December 8, 2019.

Guatemala sends over 3,000 Honduran migrants home from caravan

Vice Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Hernandez called on the government of neighboring Honduras to step up efforts to stop the flow of migrants headed to the US due to health concerns.

Guatemalan soldiers patrol to prevent a group of Honduran migrants who are trying to reach the U.S, from moving towards the Guatemala and Mexico border, as they sit outside the migrant shelter , in Tecun Uman, Guatemala October 3, 2020.

Children rapidly deported from the US strain Guatemalan shelters

"Child protection services, which were already overstretched and under-resourced have now been further compromised by COVID-19."

A carer (C) talks to an unaccompanied child who was deported from the U.S., at a shelter in Guatemala City, Guatemala July 31, 2020.

Israeli tech helps Guatemala cope following Tropical Storm Amanda

The advent of GEN-M will allow Guatemala City increase its water production to meet the current demand of 6.5 cubic meters per second.

Representatives from Israel and Guatemala stand near a GEN-M atmospheric water generator.

Nespresso finds child labor at three Guatemalan coffee farms

The news report prompted Nespresso to conduct its own investigation, the company said.

A handful of coffee beans

Grapevine March 4, 2020: Diplomatic exodus

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

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Starbucks coffee bean farms employing children 'as young as eight'

A human right's lawyer privy to the documentary footage proclaims that the evidence suggests both companies are in breach of international labor laws.

A Starbucks sign is show on one of the companies stores in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018

New Guatemalan president to keep embassy in Jerusalem

Giammatei said he would designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, recognizing that it is an Iranian proxy that seeks to destroy Israel

Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis and new Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammetei

Guatemala loves Israel – the inside story

A demonstrator holds a balloon with an image depicting Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales as a clown during a protest against Guatemala's his decision to not renew the mandate of the U.N.-backed anti-graft commission, the International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG), in Guatemala City, Guatema