State of emergency imposed after gang violence allows police to arrest suspected criminals without judicial order.

As security forces tried to assert control, apparent retaliatory attacks took place outside the prison walls. Armed gangs ...

The death toll from coordinated gang attacks in Guatemala has risen to nine police officers, an official confirmed on Monday, ...

The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials ...

Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to ...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo declared a 30-day state of siege following gang attacks that killed seven police ...

Guatemala’s government honored Monday police officers killed in suspected gang attacks as President Bernardo Arévalo vowed to ...

The alert comes as gangs have attacked Guatemalan police after seizing control of three prisons in coordinated riots, The ...

Guatemala's Congress approved a state of siege in response to escalating gang violence and simultaneous riots at three prisons across the country.

Riots in which 46 guards were taken hostage were followed by coordinated street attacks in which 10 members of the National ...

At least seven police officers have been killed in various attacks, while one gang member has been killed. Read more at ...