Here are some Guatemala stories from the last few days that I found interesting.
Fugitive Guatemalan minister arrested: Former Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann turned himself in to Spanish authorities on Thursday. He faces charges in both Spain and Guatemala related to the 2006 murder of seven inmates at El Pavon prison. CNN also has a story about photos allegedly placing Vielmann at the Pavon prison when the inmates were executed. Vielmann was released on bail later on Thursday with instructions not to leave the country.
Peligra importante asistencia de EEUU a Guatemala: Guatemala is at risk of losing $126 million from the United States for failing to meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). Clare Ribando Seelke has the Congressional Research Service report on Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Migrants risk a river of woes: The Houston Chronicle has a new story on the risk that Central American migrants take in crossing into and through Mexico on their way to the United States. Among some of the interesting tidbits from the story is a statement by El Salvador's ambassador to Mexico, Hugo Carrillo - "I thought that with the massacre there was going to be at least a temporary drop in the migration. But it hasn't dropped at all... Their situation, their need to improve their lives, makes them run the risks. They are terrified, but they are still coming."
WOLA and the Miguel Augustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (Center Prodh) have a new report on "A Dangerous Journey through Mexico: Human Rights Violations against Migrants in Transit." Here's the press release and the report.
Danilo Valladares also had a new report entitled Allegations Taint Anti-Corruption Commission's Efforts. In it, Valladares reports that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to travel to Guatemala in March or April and is expected to extend CICIG's mandate for two more years.
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