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The soldiers were at a checkpoint in Huehuetenango, 300km east of Guatemala City, when they were fired on by the occupants of a car they had stopped.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan military exchanged fire with the passengers of a car as it approached the entourage of President Alejandro Giamm...

By Sofia Menchu

ACAYUCAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal state of Veracruz, officials said on Thursday.

By Jackie Botts OAXACA CITY (Reuters) - A week after 53 migrants died in a sweltering trailer in San Antonio, Texas, some of their nationalities are s...

By Jackie Botts OAXACA CITY (Reuters) - A week after 53 migrants died in a sweltering trailer in San Antonio, Texas, some of their nationalities are s...

OAXACA CITY (Reuters) - A week after 53 migrants died in a sweltering trailer in San Antonio, Texas, some of their nationalities are still unclear, highlighting the challenges that officials from at least four different countries face in identifying the victims of the deadliest U.S. human smuggling tragedy on record.

NAHUALA, Guatemala/ATEXQUILAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Some of the youngest migrants thought to have died in a suffocating trailer in Texas this week set off from poor towns in Guatemala and Mexico, following in the footsteps of relatives seeking a better life in the United States.

(This June 29 story corrects last name of mother of two Honduran migrants to Caballero from Castillo) By Jackie Botts OAXACA CITY, Mexico (Reuters) -

By Jason Buch, Julio-Cesar Chavez and Ted Hesson SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) -At least 51 migrants have died after being trapped inside a sweltering