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The following lists events in the year 2025 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]February
[edit]- 5 February – President Bernardo Arévalo announces an agreement allowing for Guatemala to host migrants deported from the United States.[1]
- 10 February – 2025 Guatemala City bus crash. A bus falls off of a bridge over the Las Vacas River in Guatemala City, Guatemala, killing at least 55 people, and seriously injuring 9 others.[2]
- 11 February – Former congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar is sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment by a US court for involvement in trafficking cocaine to the United States.[3]
March
[edit]- 10 March –
- The Volcán de Fuego erupts, forcing the evacuation of nearly 300 families.[4]
- Journalist José Rubén Zamora is returned to prison after his appeals against the reversal of his house arrest are denied.[5]
April
[edit]- 23 April – Deputy energy and mines minister Luis Pacheco is arrested on charges of terrorism related to his role in protests by indigenous peoples in 2023.[6]
May
[edit]- 30 May – Three former paramilitaries are convicted of crimes against humanity for rape and other abuses committed against 36 Achi women in Rabinal from 1981 to 1985 during the Guatemalan Civil War and sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment.[7]
June
[edit]- 2 June – An appeals court acting on a request by the office of the Attorney General of Guatemala orders the arrest of Colombian attorney-general Luz Adriana Camargo and defense minister Iván Velásquez Gómez over their role in the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala.[8]
- 5 June – The Volcán de Fuego erupts, forcing the evacuation of 594 people.[9]
- 8 June – Mexican police enter the Guatemalan border town of La Mesilla during an operation that leaves four gunmen dead.[10]
July
[edit]- 8 July – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Escuintla Department, killing 10 people.[11]
- 11 July – Five people accused of robbing victims of the 8 July earthquake are fatally lynched by residents in Santa María de Jesús.[12]
- 29 July – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Jutiapa Department, killing one person.[13]
August
[edit]- 12 August –
- Six former government officials, including Social Welfare Secretary Carlos Rodas, are convicted and sentenced to up to 25 years on charges of manslaughter and abuse of authority over the 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire.[14]
- The Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs stage riots in two prisons in Guatemala City, injuring two people and leaving 11 guards hostage before being rescued by police later in the day.[15]
- 14 August – A prison guard is killed in a riot believed to have been staged by Mara Salvatrucha at a jail in Cuilapa.[16]
- 15 August – Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announce an agreement to create a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Maya Forest.[17]
- 20 August – The government grants asylum to 161 Mexican nationals who fled organized crime from Frontera Comalapa in Chiapas.[18]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[19]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 17–19 April – Holy Week
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 1 July – Army Day
- 15 September – Independence Day
- 20 October – Guatemalan Revolution
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
References
[edit]- ^ "Guatemala gives Rubio a second deportation deal for migrants being sent home from the US". AP News. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "Al menos 55 muertos en Guatemala tras la caída de un autobús desde un puente". France 24 (in Spanish). February 10, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
- ^ "Ex-Guatemalan congressman gets 18 years in U.S. prison in international drug trafficking conspiracy". AP News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala's Volcano of Fire calms and evacuees return home". AP News. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala returns newspaper founder to jail in a case decried by advocates". AP News. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala arrests Indigenous leader of 2023 protests, accusing him of terrorism". AP News. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences". AP News. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Guatemalan court orders arrests of Colombian officials who led a UN anti-corruption mission". AP News. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, spewing ash and spurring evacuations". AP News. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Mexican police kill 4 gunmen, cross into Guatemala in dramatic border shootout". AP News. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "EN VIVO Temblores en Guatemala: Reportan primeros dos fallecidos por sismos de este 8 de julio" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ^ "Guatemalan villagers lynch 5 men accused of robbing homes after earthquakes". AP News. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
- ^ "Temblores en Guatemala: confirman una persona fallecida en Comapa; una pared de adobe le cayó encima". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala convicts 6 former officials in the 2017 deaths of 41 girls in a state facility fire". AP News. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
- ^ "Police free 11 guards held hostage in Guatemalan prisons". AP News. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ "Pese a la muerte de un guardia en motín de El Boquerón, autoridades no consignaron a ningún reo". Prensa Libre. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Mexico, Guatemala and Belize to create tri-national nature reserve to protect Mayan jungle". AP News. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala grants temporary status to 161 Mexicans fleeing organized crime". AP News. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Guatemala Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
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