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By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Lawmakers on Monday ratified the appointment of a judge linked to a judicial corruption probe to sit on Guatemalas top court, a few days before a visit by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, whose government has urged the country to fight graft. Nester Vasquezs ratification as one of five Constitutional Court justices comes after an autonomous anti-corruption prosecutor alleged in February that his prior appointment to a lower court was tainted by illicit...

4 Min Read GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris promised U.S. support to tackle issues such as corruption, in meetings with Guatemalan civil society leaders on Tuesday as the United States seeks to stop an increasing number of migrants fleeing the region. FILE PHOTO: Guatemalas president, Alejandro Giammattei, speaks during a news conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria/File Photo “I’d love to get your thoughts on policies an...

5 Min Read VADO HONDO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces on Sunday used sticks and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the United States, just days before the advent of a new U.S. administration, which urged travelers to abandon the journey. Hondurans taking part in a new caravan of migrants set head to the United States, clash with Guatemalan soldiers as they try to cross into Guatemalan territory, in Vado Hondo, Guatemala January 17, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echev...

By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fifteen Mexican soldiers were detained for hours by angry villagers at a remote stretch of Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala after a soldier shot dead a Guatemalan migrant, Mexico’s defense ministry said on Tuesday. Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said a soldier on Monday afternoon had opened fire on a car that fled in reverse to avoid a military checkpoint in the Motozintla municipality of the state of Chiapas, near the Gua...

By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After six attempts to enter the United States from Mexico over two and a half months, 35-year-old Guatem...

Guatemala detains anti-graft crusaders as U.S. pushes for rule of law Reuters 5 hrs ago By Sofia Menchu © Reuters/STRINGER Guatemala detains former head of the Tax Administration Superintendency Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, in Guatemala City By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala on Wednesday dropped a graft charge against a jailed former president and arrested former investigators who built cases against him, hours before a White House meeting to discuss co...

Six people were killed in a prison in western Guatemala after a riot broke out at the facility on Wednesday, authorities said in a statement.

By Nelson Renteria, Sofia Menchu and Ted Hesson SAN SALVADOR, May 18 (Reuters) - The release on Tuesday of a U.S. government list labeling 17 Central American politicians as corrupt prompted El Salvadors president Nayib Bukele to praise China for a less activist approach. The office of U.S. Representative Norma Torres, who had requested the report, released the U.S. State Department document. The report named a close aide of Bukele and his former security minister among those "credibly alleged"...

El Salvador looks to China after U.S. unveils corruption list By Nelson Renteria, Sofia Menchu and Ted Hesson Reuters SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Following the release of a U.S. government list of allegedly corrupt Central American politicians, El Salvadors president on Tuesday played up his close ties with China, praising it for offering grants with no strings attached and COVID-19 vaccines. A U.S. State Department report released by the office of U.S. Rep. Norma Torres on Tuesday lists a close ai...

SAN SALVADOR — The release on Tuesday of a U.S. government list labeling 17 Central American politicians as corrupt prompted El Salvador’s President Nayib…