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Migrant children play with Christmas presents -sent by fans of the FC Juarez soccer team- next to the Paso del Norte-Santa Fe international bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Dec.25, 2019. Photo: AFP/Herika Martinez
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US facing biggest migrant surge in 20 years: Homeland Security

The number of attempted border crossings by people from Central America and Mexico has steadily increased since April 2020 and most single adults and families are being turned away

Hondurans taking part in a new caravan of migrants, set to head to the United States, gather in front of police officers blocking the road in Vado Hondo, Guatemala January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
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Guatemalan military clears US-bound migrant caravan from road

'There's no food': US-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown
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'There's no food': US-bound migrant caravan hunkers down after Guatemala crackdown

A demonstrator raises his hand after demonstrators set an office of the Congress building on fire during a protest demanding the resignation of President Alejandro Giammattei, in Guatemala City, Guatemala November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria
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Protesters set fire to Guatemala's Congress in protests over 2021 budget

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Guatemalan mudslides push storm Eta's death toll near 150

Women walk at an area affected by a mudslide after the passage of Storm Eta, in Purulha, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala November 6, 2020/ Reuters
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Storm Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei
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Many migrants on US deportation flight had coronavirus, Guatemalan president says

The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 29, 2020/Reuters
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Guatemala has first coronavirus death, Panama to keep out non-resident foreigners

Guatemala's new president cuts ties with Venezuela, as promised
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Guatemala's new president cuts ties with Venezuela, as promised

Mexican asylum seekers camping near the Paso del Norte international border crossing bridge while waiting to apply for asylum to the US are evicted by the local government, who will move them to a local shelter, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 7, 2020. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez
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'Into the lion's den': Mexican asylum seekers fear deportation to Guatemala

People are pictured on the scene of a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer truck early on Saturday in Gualan, near Guatemala's Atlantic coast, Guatemala, December 21, 2019.Photo:Reuters
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At least 20 dead in bus crash in eastern Guatemala

Guatemalan Interior Secretary Enrique Degenhart looks on in front of a portrait of former US President Abraham Lincoln as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, July 26, 2019/ Reuters
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US says no plans to send asylum seekers to remote Guatemalan regions

Demonstrators hold a protest outside a hotel where lawmakers are working on a "safe third country" agreement, that requires asylum seekers travelling to the United States to first pursue safe haven in Central American countries, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 31, 2019/Reuters
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Guatemala's deficiency raise doubts about US migration deal