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A rescue dog and his handler search for survivors amid the destruction caused by a massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo via AP)

Guatemala landslide could be final resting place for many

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 27, 2018 file photo, Buena Ventura Martin Godinez, from Guatemala, sits with her son Pedro during an interview in Homestead, Florida. Godinez, who worked as a nurse in Guatemala, said she and her husband decided to leave San Juan Atitan because masked men were demanding extortion payments from her husband's small business selling Internet access. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Godínez has a long wait before knowing if she will get asylum, with her next date at the immigration court set for 2022. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

After surge and outcry, limbo for Central Americans

By CLAUDIA TORRENS and GISELA SALOMON - Associated Press

Report: US agents working in Guatemala violated agreement

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Honduras migrants stand in an army truck before returning home, in Morales, Guatemala, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. Early Saturday, hundreds of migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border by authorities after running into a large roadblock. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Dissolved migrant caravan sign of tougher Guatemala stance

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

An Honduran migrant rests in front of a road block set by security forces in Poptun, Guatemala, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Guatemala vowed to detain and return members of a caravan of hundreds of migrants that set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States, saying they represent a health threat amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

A teenager who identified himself as Jorge, drinks water as he rests with a group of Honduran migrants, in Morales, Guatemala, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. The migrants who are hoping to reach the U.S.-Mexico border, entered Guatemala on foot Thursday, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been shut due to the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Migrants cross Guatemala despite government threats

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Migrants walk with a Honduran flag, along a highway in hopes of reaching the distant United States, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants have begun walking from this northern Honduras city toward the Guatemala border testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo)

Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CLAUDIO ESCALON - Associated Press

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the new coronavirus arrives at Constitution square for the independence day celebration in Guatemala City, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Guatemala and Central America are celebrating 199 years of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemalan president tests positive for new coronavirus

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A woman wearing a protective face makes her way home with bagfuls of aid, in San Jose Calderas, Guatemala, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. The government’s migrant support agency Conamigua, delivered bags of food and household items to the community of people who have been deported from the United States affected by COVID-19. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala to reopen borders next week after 6 months

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Gang members release guards from Guatemala prison

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Pandemic’s effect on remittances to Latin America varied

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN - Associated Press

Frenchman who aided Mayan farmers killed in Guatemala

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US charges ex-Guatemala economy chief with money laundering

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FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, Juan Francisco Sandoval, Guatemala's lead prosecutor against impunity, poses for a photo during an interview in Guatemala City. Sandoval, head of the office of the Special Prosecutor Against Impunity, has had at least 30 legal actions filed against him and constantly receives threats through social media. Many of the lawsuits have been filed by the targets of investigations or their friends and families. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Signs that Guatemala’s justice system is under attack

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

The sons of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli, Ricardo Martinelli Linares, right, and his brother Luis Enrique stand inside a holding cell at the judicial court building in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The brothers were detained Monday on an international warrant from Interpol on charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Sons of ex-Panama president held in Guatemala on US charges

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

6 Guatemalans deported from US test positive for COVID-19

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

In this photo taken Feb. 27, 2017, a law enforcement guide to human trafficking sits on a table at The Genesis Project, a drop-in center for victims of sex trafficking in SeaTac, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Cristobal Francisco-Nicolas smuggled girl to be surrogate mom

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Vehicles stand damaged by the Acelhuate River after a flash flood at a neighborhood in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, May 31, 2020. According to the Ministry of the Interior, at least seven people died across the country after two days of heavy rains. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Tropical storm kills 17 in El Salvador and Guatemala

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Deported Guatemalan Vanessa Diaz, 28, looks toward her family as she picks up the food they brought her, at the site where Guatemalans returned from the U.S. are being held in quarantine for two weeks near the airport in Guatemala City, Friday, April 17, 2020. After Diaz was free to go home after testing negative for COVID-19, her mother heard rumors that neighbors were organizing to keep her from reaching her home in the northern province of Petén, and she doesn’t dare venture out. The mother has filed a complaint with police, because she’s afraid neighbors might yet attack the house. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Virus fear turns deportees into pariahs at home in Guatemala

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press

Guatemala says US testing deportees for virus before sending

By SONIA PÉREZ D. - Associated Press