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Man who fled to Guatemala, taught yoga under assumed name, pleads guilty to embezzling millions
A man who spent years on the run from the FBI amid an international manhunt on charges he embezzled $10 million from a New Hampshire investment firm has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said Tuesday.
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Guatemala's president inaugurated after Congress delayed swearing-in past midnight
Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, including foot-dragging and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.
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Progressive outsider Arévalo is ‘virtual winner' of Guatemala's presidential election
Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the “virtual winner” of Sunday’s election to be Guatemala’s next president.
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Guatemalans head to the polls, hoping their new leader will bring real change
Guatemalans have begun voting to elect a new president, hoping that the country’s next leader will provide relief from rising prices and get a handle on crime and corruption.
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Unaccompanied migrant girl from Guatemala dies in US custody from underlying disease, officials say
Officials say an unaccompanied 15-year-old migrant girl from Guatemala died from an underlying disease while in federal custody.
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Child labor investigation spreads to meatpacking, produce companies in 11 states
A federal investigation into Guatemalan children working in the U.S. in violation of child labor laws has expanded to include meatpacking and produce firms that have allegedly hired underage migrants in at least 11 states, two senior U.S. officials told NBC News. Investigators from the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations and the Justice Department, as well as White House officials, are participating in the expanded...
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Man Wanted for Deadly 1991 Attleboro Stabbing Arrested at Shrimp Farm in Guatemala
Bristol County prosecutors received an international arrest warrant, Massachusetts State Police said, and Mario Garcia, now 50, was taken into custody at the shrimp farm after trying to get away through the water.
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Guatemalan Authorities Find Over 1,000 Smuggled Mayan Artifacts at Americans' Home
Prosecutors in Guatemala say they have found 1,222 possible archeological artefacts at the home of an American couple accused of smuggling historical relics. The apparently pre-Hispanic pieces found in a 12-hour inspection of the house in the tourist town of Antigua range from large stone carvings to small pottery pieces. The prosecutors office said in a statement Thursday that the...
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Quinceañeras for Boys? Gen Z Is Reinventing the Latin American Tradition
Hason Hernandez knew he wanted his 15th birthday to be the last one he had a big party for, so he wanted to go out with a bang. The Southern California asked his mom if he could have a quinceañera, the time-honored coming-of-age celebration for girls in Latin American cultures. Hernandez’s mom loved the idea. He’s part of a growing...