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Immigration and Customs Enforcement · United States

Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man

46% Center coverage: 103 sources

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to facilitate the return of a gay Guatemalan man who said he was deported to Mexico despite fearing he would be persecuted there, after officials acknowledged an error in his case. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston issued the order days after the Justice Department notified him that its claim that the man had expressly stated he was not afraid of being sent to Mexico was based on erroneous information.See the Story

War Crimes · Guatemala

Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences

46% Left coverage: 28 sources

More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women during their efforts to crush an insurgency in the country’s 36-year civil war, a court on Friday convicted three men of crimes against humanity in the case and sentenced them to 40 years in prison. Thirty-six women from the Maya Achi Indigenous group came forward in 2011 to seek justice for the abuses they suffered between 1981 and 1985. They came from Rabinal, a small town about 55 miles (88 kms) north of the capital.See the Story

Guatemala Politics · Guatemala

UN Expert Says Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office Using Criminal Law to Pursue Opponents

55% Left coverage: 20 sources

A United Nations expert warned Friday at the conclusion of her two-week visit that Guatemala’s prosecutor’s office is increasingly using criminal law against former prosecutors, judges, defense attorneys, journalists and others. Margaret Satterthwaite, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, traveled the country meeting with judges, lawyers, lawmakers and others, including Guatemala’s chief prosecutor.See the Story

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Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man

Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences

UN Expert Says Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office Using Criminal Law to Pursue Opponents

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Judge orders Trump administration to pursue return of improperly deported Guatemalan man

Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences

UN Expert Says Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office Using Criminal Law to Pursue Opponents

Lawyers seek to force Trump to return Guatemalan deportee

Trump Admin Admits Another Error In Deportations as ICE Can’t Back Up Claim About Man’s Safety

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Guatemala’s cardinal trusts migration will be a priority for next pope as he readies for conclave

Guatemalan migrant who gave birth in US avoids rapid deportation

Chubut Governor and Guatemalan Ambassador discuss possible joint initiatives

CBS News Quotes Archaeologists Saying Ancient Child Sacrifice Was a Cultural Practice, Not an Act of Violence

Guatemala steps up patrols along border as US extends border security goals south

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