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Nine people are killed and 20 others are injured during a stampede at a concert in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
2022-09-15

In Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announces several steps to address the migration crisis at the Northern Triangle during a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. She also urged migrants not to flee to the Mexico–United States border.
2021-06-7

U.S. President Joe Biden suspends and initiates the process to terminate the Trump-era "Asylum Cooperative" agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
2021-02-6

Mexico and the United States reach a deal on migration, suspending tariffs on Mexican imports into the U.S. which were to take effect on June 10. Mexico agreed to increase its enforcement efforts along their southern border with Guatemala, including deploying troops from their upcoming Mexican National Guard Guard Nacional de México.
2019-06-7

The death toll at the fire at an orphanage in San José Pinula, Guatemala, rises to at least 35 children.
2017-03-10

A fire breaks out at an orphanage in San José Pinula, Guatemala after students protesting conditions including alleged sexual and physical abuse set fire to their bedding, killing at least 19 children.
2017-03-8

A Guatemalan hillside, loosened by heavy rains, collapses and sends tons of dirt and trees onto Santa Catarina Pinula on the edge of Guatemala City, killing at least 56 with as many as 600 people missing.
2015-10-2

A Guatemala court finds former military leader Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentences him to 80 years in prison.
2013-05-10

Guatemalan police arrest two men in relation to the assassination of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral as fans across the continent mourn his shooting and a tribute concert is held in his memory.
2011-07-12

A total of 172 people are killed in the floods caused by Tropical Storm Agatha that struck Guatemala.
2010-06-7