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Protesters Throw Eggs, Jostle Outgoing Guatemalan President: Report
Protesters surrounded outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales late on Tuesday, throwing eggs at him and his vice president as they sought to take up new posts that bring immunity from prosecution, just hours after leaving office.
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Teenage Boy Dies In US Border Patrol Custody
A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died on Monday in US Border Patrol custody in Texas, US officials said, making him the fifth Guatemalan minor to die after being apprehended at the US-Mexico border since December.
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Migrant Child Dies In US Custody On Christmas, Second Death This Month
An 8-year-old Guatemalan child detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection died early Tuesday at a hospital in New Mexico, the agency reported, the second migrant child to die in government custody this month.
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died In US Custody Was Healthy, Says Father
The 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in US Border Patrol custody was healthy before she arrived, and her family is now calling for an "objective and thorough" investigation into her death, a representative for the family said Saturday.
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Before Collapse In Custody, Dying Migrant Girl's Condition Went Unnoticed
Twenty-seven hours before she died at an El Paso, Texas, children's hospital, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal walked across the U.S. border with her father and 161 other migrants outside Antelope Wells, New Mexico.
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Guatemala Convicts Ex-Officer, Paramilitary In Slavery Case
In a historic ruling, a Guatemalan court on Friday convicted a retired army officer and a former paramilitary for the sexual enslavement of women during the country's civil war. It sentenced them to 120 years and 240 years in prison respectively.
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Border Patrol Reunites Mother, Baby Separated At Border
A mother and her young child were reunited by US Border Patrol agents after they were separated by a smuggler while trying to cross into the United States illegally, officials said Wednesday.
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Guatemala Mudslide Toll Rises to 264 Dead
The mounting toll from a mudslide that buried a Guatemalan community on October 1 has risen to 264 confirmed dead, authorities said Friday, with several hundred more unaccounted for.
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Guatemalan President Resigns Over Corruption Firestorm
Embattled Guatemalan President Otto Perez resigned Thursday after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest to face corruption charges, upending the political landscape three days ahead of general elections.
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Guatemalan President Was 'Number One' in Graft Scheme: Officials
Prosecutors accused Guatemalan President Otto Perez on Friday of being one of the ringleaders of a corruption scandal shaking the country, as police arrested his former vice president.
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Former Guatemalan Despot Efrain Rios Montt Incompetent to Stand Trial: Doctors
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, charged with genocide during a brief but particularly brutal period of the country's civil war, is incompetent to stand trial, doctors said Tuesday.
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Swiss Court Upholds Life Sentence for Guatemalan Ex-Police Chief
A Swiss appeals court Tuesday confirmed a life sentence slapped on Guatemala's former police chief Erwin Sperisen for 10 murders committed in the Central American country.
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Traveller Allegedly Beats Homeless Man With Chair After Missing Flights in US
A Guatemalan man who remained at Newark Liberty International Airport after missing two flights faced numerous charges Saturday for allegedly beating a homeless man with a chair as the man was sleeping.
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Guatemala Army Chief of Staff Dies in Helicopter Crash: Government
Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region where drug traffickers operate, the government said.
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Guatemala Nabs Two Suspects Linked to Grisly 1990 Murder
Guatemalan police on Tuesday captured two suspects in the grisly 1990 murder of an anthropologist.
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Protesters Throw Eggs, Jostle Outgoing Guatemalan President: Report
Protesters surrounded outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales late on Tuesday, throwing eggs at him and his vice president as they sought to take up new posts that bring immunity from prosecution, just hours after leaving office.
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Teenage Boy Dies In US Border Patrol Custody
A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died on Monday in US Border Patrol custody in Texas, US officials said, making him the fifth Guatemalan minor to die after being apprehended at the US-Mexico border since December.
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Migrant Child Dies In US Custody On Christmas, Second Death This Month
An 8-year-old Guatemalan child detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection died early Tuesday at a hospital in New Mexico, the agency reported, the second migrant child to die in government custody this month.
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7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Who Died In US Custody Was Healthy, Says Father
The 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in US Border Patrol custody was healthy before she arrived, and her family is now calling for an "objective and thorough" investigation into her death, a representative for the family said Saturday.
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Before Collapse In Custody, Dying Migrant Girl's Condition Went Unnoticed
Twenty-seven hours before she died at an El Paso, Texas, children's hospital, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal walked across the U.S. border with her father and 161 other migrants outside Antelope Wells, New Mexico.
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Guatemala Convicts Ex-Officer, Paramilitary In Slavery Case
In a historic ruling, a Guatemalan court on Friday convicted a retired army officer and a former paramilitary for the sexual enslavement of women during the country's civil war. It sentenced them to 120 years and 240 years in prison respectively.
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Border Patrol Reunites Mother, Baby Separated At Border
A mother and her young child were reunited by US Border Patrol agents after they were separated by a smuggler while trying to cross into the United States illegally, officials said Wednesday.
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Guatemala Mudslide Toll Rises to 264 Dead
The mounting toll from a mudslide that buried a Guatemalan community on October 1 has risen to 264 confirmed dead, authorities said Friday, with several hundred more unaccounted for.
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Guatemalan President Resigns Over Corruption Firestorm
Embattled Guatemalan President Otto Perez resigned Thursday after a judge issued a warrant for his arrest to face corruption charges, upending the political landscape three days ahead of general elections.
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Guatemalan President Was 'Number One' in Graft Scheme: Officials
Prosecutors accused Guatemalan President Otto Perez on Friday of being one of the ringleaders of a corruption scandal shaking the country, as police arrested his former vice president.
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Former Guatemalan Despot Efrain Rios Montt Incompetent to Stand Trial: Doctors
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, charged with genocide during a brief but particularly brutal period of the country's civil war, is incompetent to stand trial, doctors said Tuesday.
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Swiss Court Upholds Life Sentence for Guatemalan Ex-Police Chief
A Swiss appeals court Tuesday confirmed a life sentence slapped on Guatemala's former police chief Erwin Sperisen for 10 murders committed in the Central American country.
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Traveller Allegedly Beats Homeless Man With Chair After Missing Flights in US
A Guatemalan man who remained at Newark Liberty International Airport after missing two flights faced numerous charges Saturday for allegedly beating a homeless man with a chair as the man was sleeping.
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Guatemala Army Chief of Staff Dies in Helicopter Crash: Government
Guatemalan army chief of staff Rudy Ortiz and four other military officers died on Wednesday when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous region where drug traffickers operate, the government said.
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Guatemala Nabs Two Suspects Linked to Grisly 1990 Murder
Guatemalan police on Tuesday captured two suspects in the grisly 1990 murder of an anthropologist.
