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The illegal drug trade in Guatemala includes trans-shipment of cocaine to the United States. According to some reports, Mexican drug cartels such as Sinaloa have also established poppy growing operations there. There is a reported relationship between the Mexican Los Zetas cartel and the Guatemalan Kaibiles military force.
The Guatemalan Civil War began in 1960 between the government and leftist actors, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths. [6] Sources cite the history of conflict in Guatemala as rendering communities accustomed to violence today, and the extension of incompetent or corrupt state institutions facilitates the impunity associated with such violence. [7]
Otto Roberto Herrera García (born March 14, 1965) is a Guatemalan national and career criminal, best known for turning Guatemala into a corridor for U.S.-bound cocaine. [1] After being captured in 2004 and receiving a prison sentence, he escaped in May 2005 from his jail in southern Mexico City while awaiting extradition to the United States.
An escalating turf war engulfing much of Mexico's heavily Indigenous Chiapas state has displaced thousands as gangs battle for drug ... border to Guatemala. ... a June march in Mexico City against ...
Guatemala sends 150 soldiers to Haiti's capital to help a UN-backed force tackle powerful armed gangs. ... BBC News. January 4, 2025 at 9:35 PM ... In March 2024, armed gangs stormed Haiti's two ...
The Guatemalan Congress has passed an anti-gang law based on army troops' presence supporting neighborhoods invaded by gangs in Guatemala City. In Panama, in contrast, the government has implemented a program called Friendly Hand ("Mano Amiga") aimed at giving at-risk youngsters positive alternatives to being a gang member.
Guatemala’s counterinsurgency campaign led to the death of over 200,000 people, 83% of whom were indigenous Maya, according to a United Nations-backed truth commission in 1999.
Bárcena, Villa Nueva, Guatemala Department: 2 A 21-year-old Basilio Martínez Avila killed two people with a machete at an agricultural school near Guatemala City. He wounded 15 others before being overpowered by other students. [1] [2] [3] Panzós massacre [4] May 29, 1978: Panzós: 30-60: Residents of village of Panzós were killed by the army