The U.S. government extended avocado import permissions to Guatemala on Friday, but don’t expect that to result in cheaper guacamole anytime soon.

President Bernardo Arévalo inaugurates a revamped high-security prison in Guatemala, ending gang dominance that fueled ...

Cartel-affiliated gangs have created an industrial-scale extortion racket that involves kidnapping large numbers of migrants ...

A UNICEF-supported program delivers home-based counseling services to young people recovering from sexual assault in Guatemala.

Across Ecuador, gangs have unleashed a wave of violence and extortion, upending lives and spurring an unprecedented exodus ...

Migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border have reached a four-year low, but days before the U.S. election, migrants ...

Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, founder of El Periodico newspaper, jailed for more than two years on money laundering charges, reacts to a judge granting him house arrest, in Guatemala ...

U.S. Attorney Michael Easley Jr. said the two gangs work together. Sixteen members of two motorcycle gangs face federal charges for their alleged roles engaging in violent criminal activity in the ...

When Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora returned to his home last week after more than two years in prison without a conviction, he found it empty GUATEMALA CITY -- When Guatemalan ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — When Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora returned to his home after more than two years in prison without a conviction, he found it empty. He said it smelled of ...