Francisco Fortín was attacked by gangs wielding machetes in his home country of Honduras, he said, an act of violence that cemented a decision to quit his impoverished and trouble-plagued homeland.

An illegal immigrant from Guatemala was charged in the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper after he led police on a high-speed pursuit Jan. 12.

U.S. President Donald Trump forged ahead with military deportation flights on Monday, sending another planeload of migrants to Guatemala a day after coming to the brink of a trade war with Colombia when it refused to let C-17 aircraft land.

When the doors opened, dozens of men and women were ushered to a reception center where first they were greeted by Guatemalan Vice President Karin Herrera and other officials.

Guatemala received another wave of deportees from the United States on Wednesday (January 29), with 187 nationals returning on two separate flights, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute.

Three flights carrying migrants deported from the United States arrived in Guatemala on Friday. Once President Donald Trump took office, he issued a series of executive orders to beef up border security and slash migration.

Two military jets landed in Guatemala City on Friday carrying deported migrants from Tucson, Ariz., and El Paso, according to local migration authorities and the American Embassy in Guatemala.

A flight carrying migrants deported from the United States arrived in Guatemala on Monday. (AP/ Santiago Billy)

The US has begun deporting migrants to Guatemala, with two military planes carrying 80 Guatemalans arriving Friday in the Central American country. The move marks the start of President Donald Trump administration’s massive operation to deport migrants.

The closing ceremony of CENTAM Guardian 2023 (CG23) was held at the Central Air Force Command in Guatemala City on March

Reuters was first to report Monday's flight to Guatemala. As U.S.-Colombia tensions simmer, Bogota announced on Monday it was sending Colombian air force planes to the United States to pick up ...

Three U.S. Army soldiers were onboard a BlackHawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.