La policía dijo que entre los arrestados se encuentra el líder del grupo implicado en la operación de contrabando en 2022. Este se enfrenta a la extradición a Estados Unidos.
The arrests included the leader of the group involved in the 2022 smuggling operation. He faces extradition to the United States, while the others face charges in Guatemala.
The case against José Rubén Zamora became a sign of crumbling democracy in Guatemala and a symbol of threats against press freedom across Latin America.
The authorities say at least 160 children and teenagers may have been victims of human trafficking and other crimes on a farm run by an ultra-Orthodox sect, Lev Tahor.
“I’m not going to deny the reality — there’s no good explanation,” the interior minister said of how the 20 inmates had slipped out, perhaps over a period of time.
El programa, de casi 30 años de antigüedad, permitió a Guatemala cubrir necesidades críticas con personal de salud cubano, al tiempo que Cuba cosechaba ingresos.
A resilient network of migrant drivers buys junked and salvaged cars sight unseen. What starts as a high-stakes financial gamble turns into a multi-thousand-mile trek to Guatemala — where these discarded vehicles are restored, resold and given a second life.
