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White House aims to create legal ways for Central Americans to migrate, U.S. envoy says Reuters 2 hrs ago By Sofia Menchu © Reuters/LUIS ECHEVERRIA U.S. President Joe Bidens special envoy for the Northern Triangle Ricardo Zuniga holds a news conference with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo, in Guatemala City By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The White House is looking to create legal ways for Central American migrants to reach the United States, U.S. Presi...

3 Min Read GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy to a group of Central American countries began a two-nation tour aimed at addressing soaring migration by meeting Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday afternoon. Ricardo Zuñiga’s visit to the so-called Northern Triangle countries comes as the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border leapt last month, adding urgency to Biden’s push to revamp U.S. border policy while trying to manage peop...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read GUATEMALA CITY, April 5 (Reuters) - Guatemala is purchasing 16 million Russian Sputnik V vaccines against COVID-19 in order to inoculate about half the Central American country’s population, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Monday. In a public address, Giammattei said the government had on Monday made a transfer to pay for 8 million of the two-shot vaccines, which should be arriving in the next two weeks. (Reporting by Sofia Menchu and Raul Cortes)

REFILE-Migration tops agenda for U.S. special envoy visit to Central America Reuters 1 hr ago (Refiles to fix error in reporting credit; no changes to text) GUATEMALA CITY, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Bidens special envoy to the so-called Northern Triangle group of Central American countries will kick off his two-nation tour, aimed at addressing soaring migration, by meeting Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday afternoon. The Northern Triangle countries are Guatemala...

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 Guat...

REFILE-Migration tops agenda for U.S. special envoy visit to Central America Reuters 2 hrs ago (Refiles to fix error in reporting credit; no changes to text) GUATEMALA CITY, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Bidens special envoy to the so-called Northern Triangle group of Central American countries will kick off his two-nation tour, aimed at addressing soaring migration, by meeting Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday afternoon. The Northern Triangle countries are Guatemal...

Mexico on Friday returned the bodies of 16 Guatemalan nationals massacred in one of its northern border states, a case that caused renewed consternation about the dangers faced by migrants bound for the United States.

Mexico's government is worried the new U.S. administration's asylum policies are stoking illegal immigration and creating business for organized crime, according to officials and internal assessments seen by Reuters.

By Dave Graham Ever since President Joe Biden won the White House vowing to undo the hardline approach of his predecessor Donald Trump, Mexico has both looked forward to an end to migration burdens imposed by Trump, and braced for a new influx of people. Detentions on the U.S border have surged since Biden took office on Jan. 20. Mexico has urged Washington to help stem the flow by providing development aid to Central America, from where most migrants come, driven by a humanitarian crisis. “T...

Guatemala's Pacaya volcano erupted on Wednesday, expelling lava for several hours and prompting the country's meteorological institute to warn that incandescent volcanic blocks could rain down on nearby towns.