Central America

Central America: US returns migrants to danger

Border Patrol agents rush through interviews with Central Americans seeking to flee gangs and then send them home to the "threat of murder, rape and other violence."

Central America

Guatemala: trial starts in 1980 embassy fire

After 34 years someone is finally going on trial for the grisly deaths of 37 activists and officials at the Spanish embassy. Police held back firefighters as the victims burned.

Central America

Guatemala: police occupy town after violence

The government blames a violent confrontation on indigenous activists resisting construction of a cement factory owned by contributors to the president's election campaign.

Central America

Guatemala: eight die in cement factory dispute

A conflict over construction of a cement factory already killed one in 2008; eight more died this month as plans for a highway added to tensions in an indigenous community.

Central America

Honduras: mine opponents report new threats

The two mine workers who killed three protesters last year are still free, and the government continues to ignore an OAS order to provide protection for mine opponents.

Central America

Guatemala: bishop’s killer runs prison ring

Guatemala has arrested leaders of a prison bribery network, with help from a UN commission, but it's not clear how serious the government is about prosecuting them.

Central America

Honduras: longtime campesina leader murdered

Some 200 campesinos have been murdered in ongoing land disputes in Honduras over the past years; a veteran leader of campesinos appears to be the latest victim.

Central America

Honduras: child, journalist murders continue

The Obama administration regularly sends underage asylum seekers back to face gang violence in Honduras. At least five have been murdered in just one city this year.

Central America

Central America: leaders hold migration summit

The US offered Central American child migrants compassion and deportation at a DC summit, while the presidents of Guatemala and Honduras lobbied for more military aid.