Press Releases

U.S. Department of Justice

Edwin Alfredo Barrientos-Mateo was sentenced to 360 months in federal prison for alien smuggling and hostage taking.

U.S. Department of Justice

A Guatemalan man, Edras Leonel Alcides Ramirez-Peralta, 35, was indicted by federal grand jury today for illegally reentering the United States after he was previously deported.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Guatemala has announced three days of national mourning following a highway bus accident that killed at least 15 people and injured more than 20 others, according to reports. "We have been coordinating all the necessary assistance actions...

U.S. Department of Justice

A Guatemalan national, Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, 63, residing in Beltsville, Maryland, made his initial appearance today in U.S. federal court in the District of Maryland and is charged with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien....

U.S. Department of Justice

Baltimore, Maryland – Bayron Leopoldo Perez Batres, 63, a Guatemalan national, made his initial appearance, today, in U.S. federal court in the District of Maryland.

U.S. Department of Justice

A Guatemalan national unlawfully residing in the United States and previously convicted of sexual battery pleaded guilty today in federal court in Cleveland to encouraging and inducing an unaccompanied alien child (UAC) to illegally enter the...

U.S. Department of Justice

HARRISBURG -The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Eduardo Domingo-Aguilar, age 38, a citizen of Guatemala, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on the charge of illegally reentering...

U.S. Department of Justice

Yoan Mateo-Cardona, 24, a citizen of Guatemala illegally residing in Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced on November 20, 2025, to 15 months’ imprisonment in federal court in Sioux City. At the plea hearing on July 14, 2025, Mateo-Cardona admitted he...

U.S. Department of Justice

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ-SOSA (“LOPEZ-SOSA”), age 31, plead guilty on November 20, 2025, to illegal reentry of a previously removed alien, in violation of Title 8,...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement highlighting the worst illegal aliens arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Georgia, including violent assailants,...

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

Los Angeles, Feb. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Avocado Green Mattress, the leader in certified organic and non-toxic sleep products, is deepening its commitment to 1% for the Planet through a partnership with Puente, a community-led Guatemalan...

EIN Presswire

GUATEMALA, GUATEMALA, October 1, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Saudi Eksab for International Investments Company, IDB Invest, and IDC Network have come together as founding partners to launch the “Saudi Eksab, IDC Impact Fund” with the...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Secretary Noem has been clear: If you lay a hand on our federal law enforcement officers, we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Fredy Aureliano Morales-Ramirez,...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Despite facing a more than 1,600% increase in assaults against them, the brave patriots of ICE will never stop enforcing the laws of the United States WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the arrests of more worst...

U.S. Department of Justice

Wenshen Xu, a Chinese national, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States yesterday to face an indictment returned in the Eastern District of Virginia charging him with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, launder money...

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FirstCash Holdings, Inc. (“FirstCash” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: FCFS), the leading international operator of more than 3,300 retail pawn stores, today announced record revenue and earnings...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) Guatemalan officials confirmed eight fatalities and announced initial detentions Sunday following a multi-pronged assault by criminal syndicate members on correctional facilities and law enforcement targets nationwide.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

WASHINGTON – The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement highlighting examples of the worst illegal aliens arrested in the state of Iowa, including those convicted for such crimes as sexual exploitation...

EIN Presswire

Training equips midwives in rural Sololá to identify cardiac warning signs in newborns and improve early referral for life-saving care.

GlobeNewswire, Inc.

IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A team of Stanbridge University staff and students recently traveled to Caserío San José Canihor, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, where they worked alongside local residents to construct a new primary...