8 police officers killed in Guatemala after prison crackdown on gangs
The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials said.
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The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials said.
At least 12 bodies were found in three days in a wooded area on the outskirts of Guatemala City, authorities said Sunday, linking the discovery to gang violence.
The agreements will likely affect the prices of things like cocoa, bananas and coffee.
In September, the U.S. government blacklisted Barrio 18 as part of its crackdown on drug trafficking.
The U.S. embassy in Guatemala condemned the prison escape as "utterly unacceptable."
Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said.
Guatemala is plagued by the violent rivalry between the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gangs.
A new Washington Post report highlights how Guatemalan migrants are paying for their journeys to the U.S. border. Latin America reporter Kevin Sieff joins CBSN to explain how U.S.-backed and financed lenders are providing loans to migrants with a very high risk of failure.
An official who asked not to be identified said the dead were members of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
The city of "Los Abuelos" takes its name from two human-like sculptures of an "ancestral couple" found at the site.
A judge ordered the Trump administration to return a Guatemalan migrant to the U.S. after finding that the man was deported without proper due process proceedings. CBS News' Jake Rosen has the latest.
A former Minnesota teacher is helping his home country by sending donated laptops to Guatemala.
The U.S. deported a Guatemalan man to Mexico while he was seeking asylum for fear of being harmed in those countries, court documents said.
Aler Baldomero Samayoa-Recinos, whose alias is "Chicharra" (Cicada), is accused of leading a group called Los Huistas.
Footage from Massachusetts shows an ICE agent smashing a car window and forcibly removing a man earlier this week, but the man's attorney says he's not the person the agents were looking for. The man detained, Juan Francisco Mendez, has no criminal record and was waiting for his final documentation to complete his asylum status from Guatemala.
The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., archaeologists said.
One of Guatemala's most wanted drug traffickers, Aler Baldomero Samayoa Recinos, was captured in Mexico and awaits extradition to the U.S., officials said.
The eruption at Volcano of Fire started overnight, spewing a dark cloud of ash. There are no immediate reports of casualties.
Guatemala City officials said children were among the victims in the Belice Bridge accident.
At the direction of President Trump, about 1,500 troops are being deployed to the southern border with increased operations to block illegal immigrant crossings set to start in the coming days. Meanwhile, his administration is closing immigration offices former President Joe Biden opened in Latin America. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.
Adriana Ruano won gold in the women's trap with an Olympic-record score of 45 out of 50.
Gang members at the prison nicknamed "El Infiernito" enjoyed access to such luxuries as TV sets and fridges.
The Biden administration is planning to resettle some migrants from four Latin American countries in Italy and Greece, CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez has learned. The plan is meant to curtail illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A lightning bolt struck an erupting volcano in Guatemala, wowing spectators who gathered to see the Volcán de Fuego.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the U.S. after visiting Guatemala to discuss "humane migration management" with Western Hemisphere leaders. That's the third continent in the last eight days for America's top diplomat. Jon Alterman, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to examine what it means to represent the U.S. on the world stage.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
The new document revealed that the FBI's investigation was initiated following a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020.
Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein released recently show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein had a closer relationship than Lutnick has previously stated.
The leaders of three major immigration agencies defended the Trump administration's deportations in testimony before lawmakers on Tuesday.
Seamus Culleton says he's been held for 5 months in a "filthy" ICE detention camp despite a U.S. work permit and green card application.
A National Guard spokesperson said the weapon was returned to the Louisiana National Guard "and the soldier and incident are being handled internally," CBS affiliate WWL reported.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder said the results of the study on coffee drinkers having lower risk of dementia should be taken "with a massive grain of salt."
A Maryland mother is planning to self-deport after she was taken into ICE custody, causing her to miss her son's death.
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill" act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.
Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein released recently show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein had a closer relationship than Lutnick has previously stated.
A National Guard spokesperson said the weapon was returned to the Louisiana National Guard "and the soldier and incident are being handled internally," CBS affiliate WWL reported.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
Tax refunds will be bigger this year because of the big, beautiful bill" act, with higher-income households set to reap the biggest checks.
The Vatican Bank said the new indexes are "designed to serve as a reference for Catholic investments worldwide."
Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube dispute claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
ChatGPT will clearly distinguish between ads and answers to user prompts on the AI platform, according to OpenAI.
Taming runaway U.S. beef prices will require more than stepping up imports, economists said. Here's the key to cutting costs.
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein released recently show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Jeffrey Epstein had a closer relationship than Lutnick has previously stated.
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's congressional seat.
Ketanji Brown Jackson told "CBS Mornings" that the justices "have learned how to adapt to being in an environment with people who have very strongly held but different views."
The new document revealed that the FBI's investigation was initiated following a referral from an attorney who worked to overturn the election results in 2020.
CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder said the results of the study on coffee drinkers having lower risk of dementia should be taken "with a massive grain of salt."
The Marshall Project found more than 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that's a significant undercount.
Experts say Affordable Care Act sign-up data won't be clear until people who were enrolled have paid — or not — their new, often much higher, premiums.
Ballad Health, the nation's largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly, plans to rebuild Unicoi County Hospital in Tennessee on land that two climate modeling companies say is at risk of flooding.
Becca Valle, then 37, enrolled in a cutting-edge clinical trial after surgery removed an aggressive tumor from her brain.
Seamus Culleton says he's been held for 5 months in a "filthy" ICE detention camp despite a U.S. work permit and green card application.
A Canadian airline suspends flights to Cuba as U.S sanctions and Trump's tariff threats force Havana to warn carriers there's no way to refuel on the island.
Ben Ogden of Team USA won the silver medal in the cross-country sprint Tuesday at the Winter Olympics in Italy.
King Charles II says the royal family will support U.K. police as they look into a report that the monarch's brother Andrew shared secret info with Epstein.
The International Olympic Committee has barred a Ukrainian skeleton racer from wearing a helmet with images of fellow athletes killed in Russia's invasion.
Chappell Roan says she's left her talent agency after its CEO, Casey Wasserman, was named in files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Just 30 seconds of highly coveted commercial airtime during the Super Bowl costs as much as $10 million, according to CBS News MoneyWatch. Bill Pearce, marketing faculty member at The University of California, Berkeley, joins to discuss some of the ads from Super Bowl LX.
Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl halftime show included superstar surprise guests and a message of unity and cultural celebration. While many praised the performance, President Trump took to social media to criticize the show. CBS News political director Fin Gómez joins with analysis.
The Super Bowl is a football game, an entertainment spectacle, a global billboard and a crucible of American political discord. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett explains.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
The demands of the artificial intelligence boom may be causing shortages in other sectors that help boost the U.S. economy. Shira Ovide, a technology reporter for The Washington Post, joins CBS News with more.
Opening statements began in a landmark trial against Google and Meta on the apparent harms of social media platforms. CBS News' Jo Ling Kent reports.
From labor shortages to environmental impacts, farmers are looking to AI to help revolutionize the agriculture industry. One California startup, Farm-ng, is tapping into the power of AI and robotics to perform a wide range of tasks, including seeding, weeding and harvesting.
Instagram's parent company Meta and Google's YouTube dispute claims that their platforms deliberately addict and harm children.
Opening statements began Monday in Los Angeles in a landmark trial over alleged social media addiction in children. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans has the details.
After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but there are no guarantees for the future.
Dark matter doesn't absorb or give off light so scientists can't study it directly. But they can observe how its gravity warps and bends the star stuff around it.
"CBS Saturday Morning" learns more about Veronika, the clever cow who figured out multiple ways to scratch herself with a broom. It was the first time a cow was seen using a tool.
"Sunday Morning" looks back at historical events on this date.
The Dinosaur National Monument, which is located on the border between Colorado and Utah, was last excavated in 1924.
The FBI on Tuesday released new photos from Nancy Guthrie's Nest camera that show a masked person on her doorstep. CBS News' Andres Gutierrez and Anna Schecter have more.
New videos released by FBI Director Kash Patel on X show a masked, gloved person approaching Nancy Guthrie's door. CBS News senior coordinating producer Anna Schecter has more.
FBI Director Kash Patel released photos from Nancy Guthrie's Nest camera that show a masked person on her doorstep. CBS News reporter Andres Gutierrez and CBS News law enforcement contributor Rodney Harrison have the latest.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted on social media photos of a subject in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie's mother. Tony Dokoupil anchored CBS News' special report.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
The new crew will replace four station fliers who returned to Earth ahead of schedule last month due to a medical issue.
NASA's first crewed moon mission in more than 50 years has been delayed until March at the earliest. During a routine dress rehearsal of the launch, persistent liquid hydrogen leaks were discovered in the Artemis II rocket. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood breaks it down.
NASA plans to test the planned leak repair with a second dress rehearsal fueling test later this month.
NASA delayed the Artemis II moon rocket launch after a hydrogen leak was found during a wet dress rehearsal, the agency announced Tuesday. CBS News senior space consultant Bill Harwood has the latest.
A NASA mission is underway to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
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Family seeks answers in death of newlywed who disappeared in 2005 while on Mediterranean honeymoon cruise.
Meet the tattooed beauty charged in the death of Google executive Forrest Hayes.
Top Homeland Security officials testified at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Trump administration's controversial immigration crackdown in Minnesota. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it is targeting five additional seats, currently held by Republicans, for the 2026 midterm elections. CBS News political editorial producer Hunter Woodall has more details.
President Trump is threatening to block the opening of a bridge connecting Detroit and Canada until he says "the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them." CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
The FBI on Tuesday released new photos from Nancy Guthrie's Nest camera that show a masked person on her doorstep. CBS News' Andres Gutierrez and Anna Schecter have more.
New videos released by FBI Director Kash Patel on X show a masked, gloved person approaching Nancy Guthrie's door. CBS News senior coordinating producer Anna Schecter has more.