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A woman jogs past political campaign posters at Reforma avenue in Guatemala City, early Saturday, June 15, 2019. The road to Sunday's presidential election in Guatemala has been a chaotic flurry of court rulings and shenanigans, illegal party-switching and allegations of malfeasance that torpedoed the candidacies of two of the top three candidates. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Top contenders for president in Guatemala election

Associated Press

Women walk on the pedestrian path next to campaign posters promoting the ruling party presidential candidate Estuardo Galdamez, in Guatemala City, Saturday, June 15, 2019. The road to Sunday's presidential election in Guatemala has been a chaotic flurry of court rulings and shenanigans, illegal party-switching and allegations of malfeasance that torpedoed the candidacies of two of the top three candidates. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Early results: Businesswoman ahead in Guatemalan election

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Guatemalan farm hands on their way to work in Mexican fields from Guatemala toward Frontera Hidalgo, Mexico, Thursday, June 13, 2019. The Suchiate cuts a winding north-south course en route to the Pacific Ocean, the westernmost part of Mexico’s expansive southern frontier with Guatemala and Belize. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Irregular crossings part of life at Mexico’s southern border

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Illustration on Guatemala and the U.S. State Department by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

State Department silent on harm to Guatemala and U.S. interests

By Steve Hecht

In this June 7, 2019, photo, a Quiche indigenous woman stands facing a monument that pays homage to migrants from the town of Salcaja, at the entrance to the town in Guatemala. Central Americans still dream of reaching the United States as Mexico cracks down on migrants entering the country. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Central Americans pursue US dream despite Mexico crackdown

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2019 photo, a portrait of Wilmer Josué Ramírez Vásquez, a 2-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody on May 14, stands on an altar at his grandmother's home in Tituque village, in the Olopa municipality of eastern Guatemala. Wilmer and his mother Hilda left home in March and took 22 days to make the journey to the U.S. during when he became ill in Mexico and crossed into the United States with a high fever and difficulty breathing. Diagnosed with pneumonia at a children's hospital, Wilmer died about a month later. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemalans still risk migration despite child deaths in US

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Migrants on rafts cross the Suchiate river on the Guatemala – Mexico border, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Hundreds more Central American migrants have crossed into Mexico from Guatemala, and a group of about 1,000 have started walking en mass to the north. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico officials intercept about 1,000 migrants on highway

By MARCO UGARTE - Associated Press

Migrant children line up for a meal at the door of the Jesus del Buen Pastor del Pobre y el Migrante shelter, in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Resentment has been growing in parts of central Mexico as the flow of migrants has continued. Towns were receptive and welcoming to the first caravans last year, but more recently have felt overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A look at what Mexico has done to limit the tide of migrants

By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Mexican authorities push out camping migrants in south

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

Salvadoran migrants cross the Suchiate river, the border between Guatemala and Mexico, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. A new group of Central American migrants has started on its way North with the stated purpose to make to the United States. The new caravan tried to cross the bridge between Guatemala and Mexico, but Mexican authorities told them they would have to show passports and visas and enter in groups of 50 for processing. The Salvadorans expressed misgivings that they would be deported, so they turned around and waded across a shallow stretch of the river to enter Mexico. (AP Photo/Diana Ulloa)

U.S., Guatemala reach deal for border cooperation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 10, 2019 file photo, Thelma Aldana, Guatemala's former chief prosecutor, listens to a journalist's question as she gives a press conference during her campaign event for president, in Guatemala City. Guatemala's top court on Wednesday, May 15, has denied the presidential candidacy of former top prosecutor Thelma Aldana. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros, File)

Court ruling puts Guatemala vote, anti-graft fight in doubt

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and PETER ORSI - Associated Press

Skeleton in Biden Closet Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Joe Biden has baggage that includes helping impose successors of guerillas on Guatemala

By Steve Hecht

Spain arrests 5 in Guatemala corruption investigation

Associated Press

Soccer teams provide support, solidarity for migrants in US

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

A banner of presidential candidate Mario Estrada Orellana, with the National Change Unit (UCN) party, hugging children hangs outside his party's headquarters in Guatemala City, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Estrada Orella, 58, was arrested Wednesday in Miami on drug and weapons charges, accused of plotting to assassinate political rivals and let drug dealers use Guatemala's ports and airports. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Family says Guatemala candidate arrested in US is innocent

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2018 file photo, migrants charge their cell phones as a caravan of Central Americans trying to reach the U.S. border halts for a rest day in San Pedro Tapanatepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico. Hundreds of Central Americans are now getting as many details as possible before leaving north towards the U.S. border. Increasingly they’re organized over Facebook and WhatsApp as they try to join together in large groups they hope will make the trip safer, and without having to hide themselves from authorities. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

How does a Central American migrant caravan form?

By MARIA VERZA and MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

Illustration on Central American aid's relationship to illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why does the Trump administration want to encourage even higher numbers of irregular migration?

By Mark L. Schneider

Mexico human rights commission: 8,800 migrants in south

By Associated Press - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, second from right, walks out with San Salvador Mayor Ernesto Muyshondtof, far left, after they visited the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero at Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, April 7, 2019. Behind are, from left, Karla Belismelis de Muyshondt, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California state Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

California governor says El Salvador trip a counter to Trump

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Juan Francisco Sandoval, Guatemala's lead prosecutor against impunity, poses for a photo during an interview in Guatemala City, Wednesday, April 3, 2019. Sandoval said President Jimmy Morales’ government has done everything possible to block his investigations into high-level corruption, including of the president himself. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor fears for his life

By SONIA PEREZ D. - Associated Press