Guatemala
Growth of Oakland’s Guatemalan community sparks interest in Mam
In Oakland, Calif., there's a growing number of Guatemalan migrants and asylum seekers. Some speak an Indigenous language — Mam. One class offered at a community college helps English and Spanish speakers learn the language.
When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible
The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages
This mother, already deported, doesn’t know if she’ll ever be reunited with the daughter taken from her at the US border
For this mother and daughter, separated a year ago at the southern border, Trump's ‘zero-tolerance’ policy isn’t new
With smuggling costs skyrocketing, parents balance risk and debt for their children's future
The cost of smuggling has gone up in the last year — sharply. But, for the safety of their children, parents get references, take out loans and make the best smuggling decision they can.
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2,800 miles and 26 years later, a new dad looks for his own father in Guatemala
David Lindes searched for his father for four years. He finally found him on Facebook.
The Californian woman accused of trafficking babies in Guatemala will soon learn her fate
For 20 years, Californian Nancy Bailey ran an adoption home for needy kids. But the government says she was trafficking them. This week, she may go to prison for life
Fairy godmother or child trafficker? An American woman stands trial in Guatemala.
In Guatemala, a controversial child trafficking trial starts for Nancy Bailey.
On the way to the US, children seeking asylum are often put in Mexico’s detention centers
Mexico detains most unaccompanied migrant children in jail-like facilities, even though the country’s laws forbid it.
Anne Frank's diary inspired some victims of Guatemala's civil war to tell their stories
For years, women in rural Guatemala were terrified to tell what had happened to them during the country's long civil war. But then the story of an earlier war victim helped them speak out.
The Migration Project helps Guatemalan families find missing loved ones
In Zacualpa, Guatemala, some residents can't resist the gamble of taking out a loan and heading north. But they don't all make it and some go missing. Now help is at hand.