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Texas migrant deaths highlight growing desperation in Guatemala

Families are in mourning after dozens were found dead in an abandoned trailer en route to a ‘better future’.

Al Jazeera

A migrant survivor of the trailer: 'They couldn't breathe'

The advice of a friend to stay near the door of a semi-trailer may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly end that 53 other migrants met when the truck was abandoned on the outskirts of San Antonio

The Independent UK

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

News of the trailer full of bodies struck horror in cities and villages accustomed to watching their young people leave, trying to flee poverty or violence in Central America and Mexico.

The Texas Tribune

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Families of migrants who died in Texas human trafficking tragedy remember loved ones who sought better lives

Wilmer, 14, left his native Guatemala last month with dreams of learning English and reuniting with his older brother in the United States. Instead, he would die alongside more than 50 other migrants in the deadliest US human smuggling tragedy on record.

ABC News

Guatemala, Mexico families mourn missing teenage sons after migrant tragedy

Some of the youngest migrants thought to have died in a suffocating trailer in Texas this week set off from poor towns in Guatemala and Mexico, following in the footsteps of relatives seeking a better life in the United States.

Reuters

Inseparable cousins and high school sweethearts: Everything we know about the victims who died in the Texas migrant truck

‘My children leave a void in my heart,’ said the Honduran mother who lost two of her sons in the San Antonio tractor incident

The Independent UK

Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

As families of the 67 people packed into a tractor-trailer and abandoned in Texas began to confirm their worst fears and talk of their relatives, a common narrative of pursuing a better life took shape from Honduras to Mexico

The Independent UK

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U.S. charges driver and 3 others in deaths of 53 migrants found in tractor-trailer

It was the single deadliest migrant smuggling case in U.S. history, according to a Homeland Security official. Citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador were among the victims.

The Texas Tribune

About 50 migrants dead in 'horrific' truck tragedy in Texas

San Antonio (AFP) - US police Tuesday were investigating the grim discovery of about 50 bodies in and around a trailer truck abandoned in sweltering heat near the Texas city of San Antonio, with victims identified as from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.

AFP

Guatemalan president arrives in U.S. for visit after snubbing summit

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei landed in the United States for a two-day working tour on Monday, a presidential spokesperson confirmed, as bilateral ties remained strained after he opted out of the Summit of the Americas this month.

Reuters

Guatemala court blocks anti-corruption agreement

A Guatemalan court has tossed out an agreement that made it easier to prosecute bribery involving the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht

The Independent UK

Dozens of turtles, dolphins found dead in Guatemala, probe launched

Guatemala City (AFP) - Dozens of turtles, dolphins and other marine species have been found dead on Guatemala's Pacific coast, prompting an official investigation, authorities said Thursday.

AFP

Storm Celia expected to dump heavy rain on El Salvador, Guatemala, southern Mexico

Tropical Storm Celia is expected to drop heavy rain on El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico through Sunday, and could spark flash floods and mudslides, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday.

Reuters

He’s one of Guatemala’s last independent judges. Will he be forced to flee, too?

GUATEMALA CITY — As a judge who has worked for more than a decade in the fight against corruption here, Miguel Ángel Gálvez has taken on some of Guatemala’s most powerful people.

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The Guardian - UK

A migrant takes a serene selfie – Adam Ferguson’s best photograph

‘Stephanie was 17, a Guatemalan migrant about to try to enter the US. She took this herself, radiating serenity during one of the most precarious moments of her life’

Miami Herald

Reputed Mexican cartel boss extradited in Miami-Dade’s biggest meth-smuggling case

The reputed leader of a Mexican drug cartel appeared in Miami federal court Monday after his extradition from Guatemala on narco-trafficking charges accusing him of directing the largest shipment of methamphetamine to Miami-Dade in the county’s history.

The Independent UK

Activists try giant screen to clean up Guatemalan river

The non-profit group Ocean Cleanup has installed a huge, steel-mesh screen on a heavily polluted river outside Guatemala, in a bid to stop plastics and other debris before they reach the ocean

Al Jazeera

Summit of the Americas: US aims private funds at migration

Plan announced by Vice President Harris comes amid boycott of Americas summit by leaders of Central America and Mexico.

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Los Angeles Times

Kamala Harris' biggest assignment is in Latin America. But she hasn't gone there much

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has spent just three days in Latin America since President Joe Biden assigned her 15 months ago to tackle migration issues in Central America — half as long as First Lady Jill Biden devoted during a single trip to the region last month.

Reuters

Guatemala welcomes reports that Spain will hike quota of temporary workers

Guatemala welcomes reports that Spain will increase its quota for the number of temporary workers coming from Central America, the government said on Thursday.

Reuters

Guatemala president could still attend Americas Summit, minister says

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei could still attend the Summit of the Americas next month, his foreign minister said Thursday, barely a week after the leader said he would not be going to the U.S.-hosted gathering in Los Angeles.

Al Jazeera

Three killed as smuggling boat capsizes in Mexico: Official

Two people, including a child, also drowned after apparently attempting to cross river separating Mexico and Guatemala.

The Independent UK

Migrant back home after 7 years in Mexico jail unsentenced

An Indigenous migrant who was accused of kidnapping and jailed in a northern Mexico border city has returned to her homeland of Guatemala as a free woman after spending more than seven years in prison without a sentence

The Guardian - US

Mexico’s migrant checks on buses and highways ruled racist and illegal

Landmark ruling follows case of three young Indigenous Mexicans detained and abused on suspicion of being Guatemalan migrants

Daily Mirror

Drunk reveller shoots DJ dead when he refused to play his song request

A drunk reveller in Guatemala has shot and killed Edwin Villafuerte, also known as DJ Pollito, at a disco night when he refused to play the song he requested

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