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Guatemala
Crime Blotter
August 22, 2009
WASHINGTON—Five members of an extended family were sentenced to federal prison late yesterday, all receiving lengthy sentences for their roles in an international sex trafficking ring that lured young Guatemalan women and girls to the Los Angeles area and forced them into prostitution, the Jus...
Kimberly A Dvorak
August 04, 2009
Getting on the lobbying gravy train is the Guatemalan government. According to an M3 report release last week, the Guatemalan´s felt the need for urgency in setting up a regional bloc to persuade U.S. members of Congress regarding immigration reform.
The representatives from the Executive, ...
Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
March 22, 2009
Two armed U.S. DEA helicopters intercepted and fired on a smugglers operating from a light aircraft in far eastern Honduras, causing the aircraft to crash killing the lone pilot.
Jim Kouri, CPP
September 06, 2007
Six members of a Guatemalan family and three associates have been indicted for their roles in a sex trafficking ring that recruited young women in Guatemala with false promises of high-paying jobs, smuggled the victims into the United States, and forced them to work as prostitutes to pay smuggling f...
Jim Kouri, CPP
September 10, 2006
Two senior Guatemalan anti-narcotics law enforcement officers pleaded guilty on Friday in the US District Court in Washington, DC to a charge of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, according to a statement by Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher.
Adan Castillo Aguilar and Jorg...
