Seven inmates were murdered, most of them beheaded, in a brutal prison fight between gang members in Guatemala on Saturday, authorities said.

Alfonso Portillo, a former president of Guatemala who fled to Mexico, was extradited to Guatemala to face charges that he had embezzled $15.7 million.

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey canceled a stay in the case of a Guatemalan woman who sought asylum after she was battered by her husband in Guatemala.

The plane, Cessna Caravan, crash on Sunday, killing 10 people, including 5 Americans.

A small plane carrying American humanitarian workers crashed in a field in eastern Guatemala on Sunday.

Many hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because nursing homes won?t accept them without insurance.

Many hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot find nursing homes willing to accept them without insurance.

Adoption officials said DNA tests indicated that a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by an American couple.

Guatemala has ordered a one-month hiatus in foreign adoptions, to investigate potential fraud.