Perpetuating Corruption: The System Undermining the 2023 Guatemala Elections
This is the first of a seven-chapter report that delineates the evolution of organized crime in Guatemala. The report emphasizes…
Guatemala Elections: A Blurry Line Between Politics and Drugs
Sofía Hernández has served three terms in Guatemalan Congress and will look for a fourth when Guatemalans head to the…
UNE’s One-Pronged Strategy
The National Unity of Hope (Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza – UNE) is one of Guatemala’s most enduring political parties…
Guatemala: An Election Enshrined in Impunity
Seen from the outside, the general elections on June 25 in Guatemala meet the formal requirements. There are 22 presidential…
Chiapas Bleeds as CJNG, Sinaloa Cartel Fight for Guatemala Trafficking Routes
Thousands of people have been displaced and others killed in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, as the Sinaloa Cartel and…
Guatemala Elites Flex Muscle, Excluding Leading Presidential Contender
The leading candidate in Guatemala’s presidential elections has been eliminated on an administrative technicality in the latest sign of how…
Guatemala Ex-Colonel Says Military Helped CJNG Run Drugs
A former Guatemalan colonel has confessed to assisting the Jalisco Cartel New Generation in trafficking cocaine, which confirms allegations of…
Coca May Have Permanently Taken Root in Central America
Honduran and Guatemalan authorities are eradicating record amounts of coca plants, further evidence of the coca’s expansion beyond the traditional…
5 Takeaways From US State Department Narcotics Report
The US State Department’s yearly drug report has found that coca cultivation is slowly spreading outside of the three traditional…
Guatemala Sees Record Coca, But No Cocaine
A radical increase in coca eradication in Guatemala has raised questions about the country’s potential role as a cocaine producer,…