Guatemala

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.
Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

Lev Tahor member Yoel Alter, 35, is escorted by Guatemalan police officers after being arrested at court in Guatemala City on January 24, 2025.

Leader of ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect extradited to Mexico, charged with human trafficking

Police officers load the bodies of the victims who died in a road accident onto a truck at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025.

At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident


U.S. to cut aid to Central America due to migrant crisis

At a rally on the border in El Paso, Texas, Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke denounced Trump's immigration policies as the politics of "fear and division."

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2018

Grapevine: Saluting Guatemala

Guatemala was the first country to open an embassy in Israel’s capital, with Jorge Garcia Granados its first ambassador, presenting his credentials on July 12, 1955.

GUATEMALAN AMBASSADOR Mario Bucaro (left) receives the Award of Merit from Ambassadors’ Club President Ambassador Yitzhak Eldan.

Guatemalan Delegation Unveils Israel-Guatemala Friendship Garden

“We want the future generations of children in Guatemala to have a park they share with the children of Israel,” said Mario Búcaro, Guatemalan Ambassador to Israel

KKL-JNF Vice Chairman Hernán Felman with Ambassador Búcaro at unveiling of the new playground

Israeli businessman running for president of Guatemala

Yitzhak Farhi currently serves as CEO of a company that specializes in providing health services. He promises he will return to the Jewish state if he fails to win the election.

Guatemalan presidential candidate Isaac Farchi (Screenshot/ILTV)

Guatemala adopts KKL-JNF playground in Jerusalem

The delegation’s visit to Israel is part of the Embassy of Guatemala’s initiative to sign on twin cities with mayors in Israel

KKL-JNF Vice Chairman Hernán Felman with Ambassador Búcaro at unveiling of the new playground

Guatemalan minister: If you're a friend of Israel, show with embassy move

"We are a friend of Israel, so we need to show that we are a friend. Don't be pareve (neutral), be tachles (practical). If you are a friend, show it."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales at the opening of the Guatamalan embassy in Jerusalem

Honduras considers Jerusalem embassy move, but wants benefits in return

Honduras has long been considered a likely candidate to be the next country to move its embassy to Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez during a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil January 1, 2019.

Sara Netanyahu to Guatemala on rare solo diplomatic trip

“I am excited about going to Guatemala and hope to represent Israel with honor,” she said before leaving Sunday evening.

Sara Netanyahu

Friends of Zion hosts event to honor Guatemala’s new ambassador to Israel

The event was attended by high-profile Israeli, Guatemalan, Central and South American officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely.

FOZ Founder Mike Evans, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and Ambassador Bucaro

City in Guatemala to name all streets after Israeli places

The decision comes a day after Paraguay announced embassy move reversal

Guatemala president Jimmy Morales meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu