Guatemala
Guatemala military sentenced for rape
A court in Guatemala has sentenced two former members of the military to 360 years in jail for human rights abuses. Francisco Reyes Giron, was the former commander of the Sepur Zarco military base and Heriberto Valdez Asij, a military commissioner. They were charged with sexual enslavement, rape and murder of a group of...
Guatemala’s toxic river of trash that is attracting thousands of ‘miners’ risking life in search of gold and jewellery
Amidst a torrent of grey, toxic water, these are the men who call themselves ‘miners’ as they risk their lives in search for gold and jewellery in a garbage-filled gorge. The water spews from a drainage tunnel and surges along the ravine, tumbling along trash that has fallen from Guatemala City’s landfill...
73 killed, hundreds feared buried under Guatemala landslide (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Families are praying for a miracle, hoping to find survivors who have been buried under a massive landslide in Guatemala. The natural disaster has killed at least 73 people with hundreds having remained missing for more than three days. Little hope remains for around 350 people who are still missing after the hillside collapsed...