GUATEMALA CITY(AP) — Guatemala passed a new anti-gang law on Tuesday aimed at giving the government more resources to fight the groups, which are now considered terrorist organizations. The law ...

Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo on Sunday declared a 30-day state of siege after suspected gang members killed at least seven police officers, following a standoff in three of the country's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to transfer ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo declared a 30-day state of siege Sunday after suspected gang members in Guatemala’s capital killed seven police officers in apparent ...

Security forces on Monday launched raids on one of the biggest gangs in Guatemala, arresting 72 suspected members of a cell specializing in extortion, officials said. More than 120 raids were carried ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Riot police enter Zone 18 prison during gang violence following prison riots that left several police officers dead, in Guatemala ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Days after suspected gang members killed 10 Guatemalan police officers, police and soldiers took their new powers granted under a state of emergency to the Barrio 18 gang’s center of ...

GUATEMALA CITY — The death toll from suspected gangsters’ attacks on Guatemalan police rose to 10 on Monday, as Guatemalans saw heavier security in the streets and curtailed rights after Congress ...

The worsening gang warfare in Guatemala has piled pressure on President Bernardo Arevalo to crack down on crime and root out corrupt officials accused of links to organized crime. The murder of 10 ...

A battle between rival gangs in an overcrowded prison near Guatemala’s capital left six inmates dead and another six wounded, officials said Tuesday. The overnight violence in the penitentiary in the ...