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Woman, her three children shot dead in Guatemala

A woman and her three children were fatally shot in Guatemalas' eastern province of Chiquimula, police said Friday.

The quadruple-murder took place Thursday night in the municipality of Olopa, a poli

Eruptions weaken at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire

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Eruptions at Guatemala's Volcano of Fire weakened Friday, one day after powerful blasts sent columns of smoke and ash high into the sky and forced authorities to order a mass evacuation.

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33,000 fleeing Guatemala volcano eruption

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Guatemala's head of emergency evacuations says more than 33,000 people are fleeing the eruption of a long-active volcano just outside one of the country's most famous tourist attractions.

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Ancient Mayan ‘night sun’ temple found in Guatemala

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Archeologists have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Mayan temple dedicated to the "night sun" atop a pyramid tomb in the northern Guatemalan forest near the border with Mexico.

Guatemalan gets 6,060-year sentence in massacre

A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the United States last July was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison Monday for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982 mas

Gunmen kill eight at Guatemala disco

At least eight people were killed and more than 20 others wounded when gunmen opened fire at a disco in Villa Nueva, a city in the southern part of the Guatemala City metropolitan area, authorities sa

Central America on alert for more rains as toll rises to 37

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Central America was on maximum alert on Friday as heavy rains threatened to lash the region over the weekend, while the death toll rose to 37 from a storm system in the past week.

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Storms batter Central America, Mexico

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Two storm systems left 27 people dead and forced tens of thousands flee from their homes as heavy rains battered Central America and Mexico's Pacific coast, officials said Thursday.

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At least 27 killed in attack on Guatemala farm: Police

At least 27 people were found decapitated on a farm in northern Guatemala on the Mexican border, and police officials say the killings could be linked to drug gangs operating in the area.

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Guatemala bus blast kills four

An explosion rocked a city bus just outside Guatemala's capital, killing at least four people and injuring another eight, authorities said.

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