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2024 in Guatemala

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2024
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Guatemala

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The following lists events in the year 2024 in Guatemala.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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February

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April

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  • 10 April: President Arévalo declares a state of national disaster due to 44 wildfires raging across the country.[6]

May

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June

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July

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  • 12 July: President Arévalo makes an official apology on behalf of the Guatemalan state to victims of widespread illegal adoptions during the 1990s and 2000s.[9]
  • 24 July: Authorities announce the arrival of 600 refugees from Mexico fleeing drug-related violence in Chiapas.[10]
  • 29 July: The Guatemalan government grants temporary resident permits to over 200 Mexicans, mostly children, on humanitarian grounds as they escape drug violence.[11]

August

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  • 13 August: Ligia Hernández, the head of the national victims’ advocacy agency, is arrested on charges of failing to provide financial disclosures during a previous political campaign.[12]
  • 21 August: Seven people are arrested following police raids in three departments on suspicion of human trafficking and involvement in the 2022 San Antonio migrant deaths in Texas.[13]

September

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  • 24 September: President Arévalo announces plans to deploy 150 military police officers to Haiti to help in operations against the country's gang war.[14]

October

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  • 18 October: Investigative journalist José Rubén Zamora, whose imprisonment for money laundering was criticized by human rights groups as politically motivated, is moved to house arrest following a court order.[15]

Holidays

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Guatemala arrests ex-minister who resigned rather than use force against protesters". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ "Giran órdenes de captura contra cuatro magistrados titulares del TSE por la compra del sistema Trep" (in Spanish). 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  3. ^ "CC ampara a la vicepresidenta electa y frena posible orden de captura en su contra" (in Spanish). 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  4. ^ "Bernardo Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's president despite months of efforts to derail inauguration". Associated Press. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ "La UE sanciona Consuelo Porras y personal del MP por frenar la presidencia de Arévalo" (in Spanish). 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  6. ^ "Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on". Associated Press. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  7. ^ "A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes wakes people on the Mexico-Guatemala border". Associated Press. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Deaths, drownings and destruction as heavy rains move through Central America. 3 killed in Guatemala". Associated Press. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Guatemala apologizes to family torn apart by forced adoption". France 24. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Authorities say 600 Mexicans have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence". Associated Press. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Guatemala grants temporary residency to Mexican minors who fled violence". AP News. 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  12. ^ "Guatemala police arrest member of President Bernardo Arévalo's administration". AP News. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Guatemalan police arrest 7 accused of trafficking the 53 migrants who asphyxiated in Texas in 2022". AP News. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Guatemala to send 150 military police officers to help fight gangs in Haiti". AP News. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Guatemalan journalist receives house arrest after two years behind bars". Al Jazeera. 2024-10-19. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  16. ^ "Guatemala Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  17. ^ "Soft Moon musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez found dead in downtown L.A. loft". Los Angeles Times. 2024-01-21. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  18. ^ Rodríguez, Lincy (2024-05-18). "Fallece ex Embajador Francisco Villagrán de León: Guatemala pierde a uno de sus más brillantes diplomáticos - Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  19. ^ "Fallece la activista y política Raquel Blandón Sandoval". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 2024-09-21. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
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