Sonia Perez D., Associated Press Updated 11:06 pm CST, Sunday, December 30, 2018 Catarina Alonzo Perez, the mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo, the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody near the Mexican border, pauses during an interview in her home in Yalambojoch, Guatemala, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. Felipe was chosen to make the journey north with his father because he was the oldest son. It didn’t occur to anyone that the road could be dangerous. “I didn’t think of that, because several families had already left and they made it,” Alonzo said. less Catarina Alonzo Perez, the mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo, the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody near the Mexican border, pauses during an interview in her home in Yalambojoch, ... more Photo: Moises Castillo, AP … [Read more...] about Guatemala village mourns 2nd child to die in US custody
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2nd child dead in US custody mourned in Guatemala village
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press Updated 4:51 pm CST, Sunday, December 30, 2018 Catarina Alonzo Perez, mother of the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody, stands in her kitchen in Yalambojoch, Guatemala, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. Felipe was healthy when they left, according to the family. The last time he spoke with his mother was a day before they were taken into detention by border agents. Felipe told his mother that he was fine. less Catarina Alonzo Perez, mother of the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody, stands in her kitchen in Yalambojoch, Guatemala, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. Felipe was healthy when they left, ... more Photo: Moises Castillo, AP Photo: Moises Castillo, AP Image 1 of / 19 Caption Close Image 1 of 19 … [Read more...] about 2nd child dead in US custody mourned in Guatemala village
Guatemala pulls diplomatic credentials of UN body’s workers
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press Updated 3:48 pm PST, Tuesday, December 18, 2018 FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, firecrackers go off as a supporter in favor of a decision by Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales to shut down a U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission led by Ivan Velasquez, protests outside the United Nations International Commission Against Impunity, CICIG, headquarters in Guatemala City. The Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018, that the country withdrew diplomatic immunity from 11 workers with the U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission who have investigated cases of alleged corruption, including ones targeting President Jimmy Morales’ son and brother. less FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2018 file photo, firecrackers go off as a supporter in favor of a decision by Guatemala's President Jimmy Morales to shut down a U.N.-sponsored anti-graft commission led by Ivan ... more Photo: … [Read more...] about Guatemala pulls diplomatic credentials of UN body’s workers
Residents flee eruption at Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire
Sonia Perez D. Associated Press Published 11:00 AM EST Nov 19, 2018 Guatemala City – About 4,000 residents fled Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Monday as red-hot rock and ash spewed into the sky and cascaded down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly eruption earlier this year. Guatemala’s volcanology unit said explosions from the 12,300-foot high mountain shook homes with “constant sounds similar to a train locomotive.” Incandescent material burst as high as 3,200 feet above the crater and flows of hot rock and ash extended nearly 2 miles down one flank of the volcano. Hot blasts of pyroclastic material pushed down canyons on the slopes, while a column of ash rose nearly 23,000 feet above sea level and drifted toward Guatemala City to the east. Hundreds of families heeded the call of disaster coordination authorities to evacuate 10 communities, piling into yellow school buses for trips to shelters. The national disaster commission said 3,925 … [Read more...] about Residents flee eruption at Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire
Communities flee eruption at Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire
Sonia Perez D., Associated Press Updated 6:49 am PST, Monday, November 19, 2018 In this image taken with a long exposure, the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, spews hot molten lava from its crater in Antigua, Guatemala, early Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. Disaster coordination authorities have asked eight communities in Guatemala to evacuate and go to safe areas after an increased eruption of the Volcano of Fire. less In this image taken with a long exposure, the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, spews hot molten lava from its crater in Antigua, Guatemala, early Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. Disaster coordination authorities ... more Photo: Moises Castillo, AP Photo: Moises Castillo, AP Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 In this image taken with a long exposure, the Volcan de … [Read more...] about Communities flee eruption at Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire