Coup or No Coup? What’s Really Going on In Guatemala?

Coup or No Coup? What’s Really Going on In Guatemala?

By Edgar Ayala | Oct 7, 2023 A “soft coup” is underway in Guatemala, where the sitting leader is conspiring behind the scenes to prevent the transition of power to the rightful winner of the last election. You don’t see the army on the streets, and there are no speeches being delivered by a military […]

Expansion of Central American Minors Program Offers New Opportunities for Families to Reunite

Expansion of Central American Minors Program Offers New Opportunities for Families to Reunite

By Gianna Borroto, Immigration Impact The Departments of State and Homeland Security announced recently that the Central American Minors (CAM) Program is being expanded, which will allow more children from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala to safely reunite with parents and guardians already living in the United States.  The expansion makes children eligible for CAM if their […]

Human Rights Violator Sentenced in Guatemala to 30 Years for Crimes Against Humanity, Previously Investigated and Removed by ICE

Guatemalan national convicted for participation in wartime sexual violence of indigenous women.

Human Rights Violator Sentenced in Guatemala to 30 Years for Crimes Against Humanity, Previously Investigated and Removed by ICE

WASHINGTON – A Guatemalan national previously removed to his home country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) was convicted in a Guatemalan court for his role in sexual violence targeting indigenous women in the 1980s. Francisco Cuxum Alvarado, 66, was convicted of crimes against humanity by a High-Risk Court […]