Guatemala

January 17, 2020

Guatemala: justicia suspende polémica reducción de penas de cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Justice Guatemala

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February 18, 2019

Guatemala: en 10 años creció en 300% la prisión preventiva

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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November 28, 2018

Guatemala : El 41% de personas lleva más de dos años en prisión preventiva

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Repùblica

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May 27, 2018

Guatemala: IDPP trabaja en deshacinar las cárceles con redención de penas

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Publinews

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November 17, 2017

Guatemala: el incontrolable negocio de las pandillas en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — PanamPost

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October 2, 2017

Guatemala : diputados debatirán este martes proyecto prohíbe celulares en cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Asia Guatemala

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Source — El nuevo diario

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October 1, 2017

Guatemala : las 10 causas más comunes de consulta en las cárceles del país

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — el Periódico

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August 6, 2017

Guatemala prison clash leaves one dead, five injured

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

One prisoner died and five were injured in a clash involving some 50 inmates in Guatemala, state prison authorities said.

Source — Pakistan Observer

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August 5, 2017

Pandillas y narcos controlan cárceles en Guatemala

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Prensa libre

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July 21, 2017

Guatemala: aldana apoya cerrar cárceles en sede militar

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — La Prensa Grafica

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April 1, 2017

New Guatemala prison facility readies female convicts’ return to society

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Guatemala

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and the US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, William Brownfield, inaugurated Monday the penitentiary management model’s first rehabilitation and reintegration center for some 160 female inmates.

Source — Latin America Herald Tribune

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March 22, 2017

Guatemala : le désastreux système de protection des mineurs

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Le Parisien

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March 21, 2017

Mutinerie au Guatemala : 3 otages libérés et 3 surveillants tués

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Guatemala

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Source — Romandie

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March 21, 2017

Guatemala police rescue hostages from rioting youth jail inmates

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

Riot police in Guatemala have entered a youth detention centre and rescued four hostages from rioting inmates.

Source — BBC

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March 20, 2017

Two killed, several injured in riot at Guatemala prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Guatemala

A riot erupted Sunday at a prison for juveniles and adults, and authorities said two jail monitors were killed and several other people suffered injuries.

Source — CTV News

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February 22, 2017

Guatemala : Trasladan de cárcel a 164 pandilleros del Barrio 18

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Prensa Libre

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January 2, 2017

Guatemala implementará un sistema de videoconferencias en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — TVN Noticias

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December 22, 2016

Guatemala : Pérez Molina y Baldetti ejercen poder desde la cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — El periódico

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October 7, 2016

Guatemala : Attempted Uprising Highlights Lack of Control in Guatemala Prisons

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

A prison riot in Guatemala highlights a broken system that continues to suffer from overcrowding, rising violence and a lack of organizational leadership – all of which likely exacerbates the nation’s gang problems. The riot occurred on October 6 at the high-security Boquerón prison in the Santa Rosa…

Source — Insight Crime

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August 21, 2016

Guatemala : Una jungla tras las rejas de Guatemala

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — El Mundo

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July 26, 2016

Guatemala: el "tour" que me dieron en una cárcel

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — Plaza Pública

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July 19, 2016

Guatemala : une mutinerie dans une prison fait 13 morts

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

Une mutinerie a fait 13 morts et 10 blessés lundi dans une prison proche de la capitale du Guatemala, a annoncé le ministre de l’Intérieur Francisco Rivas.

Source — rtl.be

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July 11, 2016

Guatemala : El Internet en el Preventivo de la zona 18: un negocio lucrativo

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — La Hora

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December 31, 2015

Guatemala : Situación de los derechos humanos en Guatemala: Diversidad, desigualdad y exclusión

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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Source — COMISIÓN INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

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