The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials said.

State of emergency imposed after gang violence allows police to arrest suspected criminals without judicial order.

The worsening gang warfare in Guatemala has piled pressure on President Bernardo Arevalo to crack down on crime and root out ...

Guatemalan police and soldiers are using new powers under a state of emergency to target the Barrio 18 gang in a high-crime ...

The death toll from co-ordinated gang attacks in Guatemala has risen to nine police officers, an official confirmed on Monday, after a weekend of violence that began with prison riots.

El Salvador-style crackdown and mega-prison not the answer to organised crime and violence in his country, says interior minister ...

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo declared a state of emergency following a surge of gang-related violence that included prison riots and the killing of several police officers over ...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo decreed a state of emergency on Sunday to combat gangs that killed eight police officers, adding that security forces had regained control of three prisons seized ...