of crime in Guatemala are very high. An average of 101 murders per week were reported in 2018. [citation needed] The countries with the highest crime and...
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Janeiro, armed criminal gangs are said to be in control. Crime statistics were high in El Salvador, Guatemala and Venezuela during 1996. The police have...
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Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize...
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Guatemala City (Spanish: Ciudad de Guatemala), known nationally also as Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala. It is also a municipality...
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drug-trafficking organizations are currently active inside Guatemala." Crime in Guatemala Illegal drug trade in Latin America Peter Reuter, Gordon Crawford, and...
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Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, where by the President of Guatemala is both head...
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which is the average for international organisations," he stated. In Guatemala Crime Stoppers signed an agreement with the Ministry of the Interior (Governance)...
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prosecuting serious crime in Guatemala. On January 7, 2019, the agreement between the United Nations and Guatemala was terminated by Guatemalan president Jimmy...
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2015 Rio Bravo lynching (category Crime in Guatemala)
burned to death in Río Bravo, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala, in May 2015 by a vigilante mob after being accused by some of involvement in the killing of a...
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(2011-02-28). "Guatemala Profile". InSight Crime. Retrieved 2019-02-14. Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | 2018 Trafficking in Persons...
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trafficking in Guatemala is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation and slavery that occurs in the Republic of Guatemala. Sex trafficking...
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Violence against women in Guatemala reached severe levels during the long-running Guatemalan Civil War (1960-1996), and the continuing impact of that...
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Efraín Ríos Montt (redirect from 1982 Guatemalan coup d'état)
of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) while also leading to accusations of war crimes and genocide perpetrated by the Guatemalan Army under...
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Río Negro massacres (redirect from Guatemala Rio Negro Massacre)
of villagers by the government of Guatemala between 1980 and 1982. In 1978, in the face of civil war, the Guatemalan government proceeded with its economic...
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February 2007 Salvadoran congressmen killings (redirect from February 2007 Guatemalan congressmen killings)
well as their driver, Gerardo Ramírez — were found murdered near Guatemala City, Guatemala. Four police detectives were arrested and charged with the murder;...
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Services formally apologized to Guatemala for the ethical violations. Guatemala condemned the experiment as a crime against humanity. Multiple unsuccessful...
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coffee, sugar, and bananas. Guatemala's GDP per capita is roughly one-third of Brazil's. The Guatemalan economy is the largest in Central America. It grew...
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Koreans in Guatemala form one of the newest and fastest-growing Korean diaspora communities in Latin America. The first migrants from South Korea to Guatemala...
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Plan de Sánchez massacre (category 1982 crimes in Guatemala)
The Plan de Sánchez massacre took place in the Guatemalan village of Plan de Sánchez, Baja Verapaz department, on 18 July 1982. Over 250 people (mostly...
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Charles (May 23, 2017). "A Narco Airstrip in Guatemala Is a Just a Hop Away From a Military Outpost". InSight Crime. Archived from the original on May 28...
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Dos Erres massacre (category 1982 crimes in Guatemala)
December 1982 took place in Dos Erres, a small village in the municipality of La Libertad, in the northern Petén department of Guatemala. The name of the village...
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The history of Guatemala begins with the Maya civilization (2600 BC – 1697 AD), which was among those that flourished in their country. The country's...
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violence of the Guatemalan Civil War. Two Guatemalan heads of state, General Efraín Ríos Montt, who in 2013 was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity...
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officially Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente, lit. 'Let's Go for a Different Guatemala') is a conservative political party in Guatemala. The political party...
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The Guatemalan genocide, also referred to as the Maya genocide, or the Silent Holocaust (Spanish: Genocidio guatemalteco, Genocidio maya, or Holocausto...
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The Guatemalan Civil War was a civil war in Guatemala fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The...
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Prostitution in Guatemala is legal but procuring is prohibited. There is an offence of “aggravated procuring” where a minor is involved. Keeping a brothel...
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Embassy Fire) refers to the occupation of the Spanish Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on January 31, 1980, by indigenous peasants of the Committee...
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of Guatemala is a member of: Law of Guatemala Capital punishment in Guatemala Constitution of Guatemala Crime in Guatemala Human rights in Guatemala LGBT...
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assistance to Latin American youth. Crime in Guatemala is one issue facing youth. Guatemala has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and lies within one...
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