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Guatemala, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez highlighted the capture of an alleged member of the Barrio 18 gang linked to crimes against women, a problem that tarnished his administration.

A 35-year-old US citizen was rescued Tuesday from a remote Guatemalan village, after being kidnapped by unknown bandits seeking a $19,000 ransom.

Mexican authorities say their number has increased amid a crackdown in El Salvador that has pushed gang members across borders

Central American gangs raising fears in southern Mexico from 41NBC News | WMGT-DT

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/central-american-gangs-raising-fears-in-southern-mexico/"></div>TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — With threatening phone calls, burned minibuses and at least three drivers shot to death, street gangs more closely associated with Central America are imposing their brand of terror-based extortion on public transportation drivers in southern Mexico. Organized crime groups including the rival Mara Salvatru...

Street gangs from Central America are expanding their organized crime activities in southern Mexico

The Guatemalan palm oil industry, world’s six largest, faces resistance from Indigenous people demanding land rights.

“We can’t go home,” Vinicio said after getting off the bus at the El Florido border crossing, keeping an eye on his two youngest children. The girls, ages 2 and 3, were laughing and playing on a railing outside the Honduran immigration offices. Their father was wracked with stress. “We will hide out until we can leave again,” he said. Crackdowns on migrant caravans in recent years have come amid U.S. pressure on Mexico and Central American countries to stop migrants ...