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CTV News
09-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Death toll from dozens of earthquakes in Guatemala rises to 3
Neighbours remain outside their homes in Palin, Guatemala, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, after a series of earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.6, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) GUATEMALA CITY -- Authorities on Wednesday confirmed a third death in Guatemala a day after dozens of earthquakes shook the country, leaving crumbled walls and roads blocked by landslides. More than 150 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.7 have been reported since Tuesday afternoon. President Bernardo Arevalo said on social media that the latest victim was a woman who had been buried by debris south of Guatemala's capital. He expressed his condolences to the victims' families, and was visiting a town near the epicenter. The other two victims were men killed by falling rocks while travelling in a truck on a road in the department of Escuintla, firefighters said. In the affected areas, families slept overnight in the streets outside their homes as aftershocks continued. The tremors resulted in the evacuation of buildings, landslides and minor property damage, officials said, adding they were felt as far away as El Salvador. Arevalo said Tuesday that the main epicenter of the quakes was in the department of Sacatepequez, with aftershocks in the regions of Escuintla and Guatemala department.
Al Bawaba
09-07-2025
- Al Bawaba
Series of earthquakes kill 2 in Guatemala
ALBAWABA - A series of earthquakes struck Guatemala, leaving two people dead, authorities in the country said on Wednesday. According to AFP, the people were killed after their vehicle was buried under a landslide due to the earthquakes in the Central American country. Several tremors measuring up to 5.6 magnitude hit Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, centered near Amatitlan and Alotenango towns, southwest of the capital, seismological services detailed. "Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway, according to Andres Erazo, a spokesman for the disaster coordination agency "Conred". In addition, people in El Salvador, a country neighboring Guatemala, said they felt the quake. Furthermore, President Bernardo Arevalo said the quakes had also trapped a family of five, but they were saved by Guatemala rescue teams; meanwhile, two others are being treated for injuries.
Time of India
09-07-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes (Image: AP) Guatemala City: Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, Guatemalan authorities said. The swarm of tremors up to 5.6 magnitude rattled the country on Tuesday afternoon, centred near the towns of Amatitlan and Alotenango southwest of the capital, seismological services reported. "Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway, said Andres Erazo, a spokesman for disaster coordination agency Corned. The quakes were also felt in neighbouring El Salvador. The landslide occurred on a road southwest of the capital near the city of Antigua Guatemala in the central highlands. President Bernardo Arevalo told reporters the quakes had also trapped a family of five, who were being rescued, and two others who were being treated for injuries after being freed. The tremors forced dozens to evacuate buildings in Guatemala City where anti-earthquake alarms sounded, an AFP journalist reported. Central America often experiences tremors due to the shifting Caribbean and Cocos tectonic plates.
Al Etihad
09-07-2025
- Climate
- Al Etihad
Two killed in Guatemala earthquakes
9 July 2025 08:48 GUATEMALA CITY (AFP)Two people were killed when their vehicle was buried under a landslide after a series of earthquakes shook much of the Central American country on Tuesday, Guatemalan authorities swarm of tremors up to 5.6 magnitude rattled the country on Tuesday afternoon, centered near the towns of Amatitlan and Alotenango southwest of the capital, seismological services reported."Unfortunately, human fatalities are confirmed" due to a landslide after rocks and earth buried a vehicle on a highway, said Andres Erazo, a spokesman for the disaster coordination agency quakes were also felt in neighbouring El landslide occurred on a road southwest of the capital near the city of Antigua Guatemala in the central Bernardo Arevalo told reporters the quakes had also trapped a family of five, who were being rescued, and two others who were being treated for injuries after being tremors forced dozens to evacuate buildings in Guatemala City, where anti-earthquake alarms sounded, an AFP journalist reported. Central America often experiences tremors due to the shifting Caribbean and Cocos tectonic plates.
CTV News
27-06-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Guatemala's president denies new asylum deal with U.S.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, left, and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo walk inside the National Culture Palace to their meeting in Guatemala City, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool photo via AP) GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said Friday he has not signed an agreement with the United States to take asylum seekers from other countries, pushing back against comments from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem and Arévalo met Thursday in Guatemala and the two governments publicly signed a joint security agreement that would allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to work in the capital's airport, training local agents how to screen for terrorism suspects. But Noem said she had also been given a signed document she called a safe third country agreement. She said she reached a similar deal in Honduras and said they were important outcomes of her trip. Asked about Noem's comments Friday during a news conference, Arévalo said that nothing new was signed related to immigration and that Guatemala was still operating under an agreement reached with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in February. That agreement stipulated that Guatemala would continue accepting the deportation of its own citizens, but also citizens of other Central American nations as a transit point on their way home. Arévalo said that when Rubio visited, safe third country was discussed because Guatemala had signed such an agreement during U.S. President Donald Trump's first term in office. But 'we made it clear that our path was different,' Arévalo said. He did add that Guatemala was willing to provide asylum to Nicaraguans who have been unable to return to their country because of the political situation there out of 'solidarity.' The president's communications office said Noem had been given the ratification of the agreement reached through diplomatic notes weeks earlier. During Trump's first term, the U.S. signed such safe third-country agreements with Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. They effectively allowed the U.S. to declare some asylum seekers ineligible to apply for U.S. protection and permitted the U.S. government to send them to those countries deemed 'safe.' By Sonia Pérez D.
