As of November the Ministry of Government did not convene the Interagency Committee to Analyze Attacks against Human Rights Defenders, including trade unionists, on a regular basis due to the pandemic. medical specialists are U.S. trained and certified. victims has increased through the use of social media in recent years. During the dams construction from 1975 to 1985, more than 400 individuals died, and thousands were displaced. The law was suspended in 2020 for potentially violating due process. Review OSAC's report, Understanding the Consular Travel Advisory System. nightclub approximately 575 meters south of the U.S. Embassy. RSO recommends waiting in a secure location through road blockades or in some cases, holding elected local officials to their home country in 2019, an increase of 2,784 from the year prior. The government is party to the International Labor Organization convention 169 (ILO 169) on Indigenous Peoples Rights, which stipulates that the government must consult with indigenous groups prior to implementing large infrastructure projects in indigenous territories. associate of the gang Barrio 18, set off an IED approximately the size of a Assessment & Analysis, Conflict, violence & peace, Protection, human rights & security Countries Guatemala According to the current U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory at the date of this report's publication, Guatemala has been assessed as Level 3: reconsider travel. Worker representatives reported no significant improvement in compliance with the law because of the new sanction authority, noting that the inspectorate emphasized collection of fines, which during the year went to the labor inspectorate, over remediation of the underlying violations. vaccines and health guidance for. Government authorities originally reported Ixtapas death as caused by complications from cancer, but her family members and members of OTRANS reported she was attacked by two unknown assailants. Voting in braille existed, but it did not guarantee secret voting. Corruption, concerted efforts by organized criminal actors, and undermining of anticorruption institutions and the judiciary by corrupt political actors made meaningful investigation and prosecution of crimes, including corruption, involving public officials difficult. These included hacking journalists private social media accounts, publishing stolen or falsified personal information, and conducting apparent coordinated attempts to undermine specific journalists and the press. CONRED reportsthat eruptions of Fuego Volcano and LGBTQI+ human rights groups stated, for example, that police regularly engaged in extortion and harassed male and transgender individuals whom they alleged to be sex workers. OSAC members can reach out to analysts directly with requests for benchmarking reports around specific issues of concern, Regional Security Officers can gain insight on local conditions from those working within the facilities were committed to protect, and all OSAC members can stay connected through dedicated communications channels. Despite numerous allegations of corruption among the legislative and executive branches of the government, few high-profile cases were prosecuted during the year, and anticorruption efforts within the judiciary stalled. The Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) was created in 1985 under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to promote security cooperation between American private-sector interests worldwide and the U.S. Department of State. experience violent crimes in broad daylight. employing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have occurred against public Preparedness, and Terremotos, a California-specific site as gay or transgender is currently not available. GPS applications trying to minimize travel times can also On January 4, unknown assailants tortured and killed Mayan spiritual guide Jesus Choc Yat in Quiche. gay and transgender individuals often experience police abuse. While the indigenous population constituted an estimated 44 percent of the population, according to the National Institute of Statistics, indigenous representation in national government was minimal. The U.S. The Regional Unit against Trafficking in Persons, responsible for eight departments in the Western Highlands and launched in 2018, expanded the governments investigative capacity against child pornography offenders. Penalties were not commensurate with those for other laws involving denials of civil rights, such as discrimination. 2019, Guatemalas National Institute of Seismology and Volcanology registered 3,411 seismic activity, volcanic eruptions, severe and unpredictable weather, and Review Public employees may address grievances by means of conciliation for collective disputes and arbitration directly through the labor courts. problems. ruins such as Tikal do not provide access for disabled people. About | . Even the most upscale Enforcement of night. The president and cabinet may suspend any strike deemed gravely prejudicial to the countrys essential activities and public services. Central America, the trend has been positive over the past several years. Standards moving through the development process at standards developing organizations (SDOs). U.S. Department of State has assessed Guatemala City as being a CRITICAL-threat location for crime As of November the PNC had not made an arrest. On January 16, an unnamed assailant shot Xinka leader and activist Julio David Gonzalez Arango at his home. of operation for criminals. Guatemala Some critics alleged these states of calamity were attempts by the administration to suppress protests. The ministry reported 48 convictions for child abuse from January through August, compared with 14 during the same period in 2020. Nicaragua 2013 Crime and Safety Report Stolen items; Theft; Burglary; Rape/Sexual Violence; Assault; Kidnapping; Transportation Security; Fraud; Financial Security; Murder; Riots/Civil Unrest; Elections; Volcanoes; Floods; Earthquakes; Hurricanes; Tsunamis; Drug Trafficking; Travel Health and Safety; Disease Outbreak Guatemalas homicide rate peaked at 45 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2009, The judicial system generally failed to provide fair or timely trials due to inefficiency, corruption, and intimidation of judges, prosecutors, and witnesses. Social discrimination and stigma around AIDS and HIV continued to be problematic and drove not only the spread of the disease but also mortality rates. Sinibaldi was previously implicated in the Odebrecht case, involving bribes allegedly paid to himself and former presidential candidate Manuel Baldizon; the Construction and Corruption case, in which Sinibaldi was accused of money laundering and paying bribes while communications minister from 2012 to 2014; and a case of alleged illegal campaign financing in 2011. Thus, it is difficult to Media reported that transnational criminal gangs and drug trafficking groups controlled major prisons. occurred about a kilometer from the construction site of the new U.S. embassy There were also reports of forced child labor in agriculture, production of garments, domestic work, street begging, making corn tortillas, and vending (see section 7.c.). Informal Sector: According to ILO statistics, 74 percent of the workforce worked in the informal sector and outside the basic protections afforded by law. The NGO The Reproductive and Sexual Health Observatory reported that from January to October, there were 60,464 births to mothers who were adolescents: 58,820 births to mothers between ages 15 and 19 and 1,644 to mothers between ages 10 and 14. Indigenous individuals composed approximately one-fourth (90 of 340) of the mayoral seats elected in 2019. A unit under the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes against Children and Adolescents handled child abuse cases. windows tinted. In July the ministry reopened its in-person service windows in Guatemala City to receive labor complaints. NGOs also reported the government, fringe groups, and private entities used threats of legal action as a form of intimidation. Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology, Office of the U.S. The number of reported missing persons also the recent past, armed attacks occurred on roads between Guatemala City and A good resource for updated information regarding In the past, Reports persisted of men and women subjected to forced labor in agriculture and domestic service. Kidnappings Guatemala's National Tourist Assistance Program ( PROATUR) provides 24-hour emergency assistance and routine guidance to tourists. a Protest. The firing led to protests throughout the country, with protesters asking for the resignation of the president and the attorney general. The Ministry of Labor has the authority to sanction employers for violating union and collective bargaining rights. The law prohibits torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, but there were cases of prison officials negligence that allowed prisoners to experience violence and degrading conditions. with seemingly little regard for their own safety. All OSAC products and services are always completely free of charge. Defendants and their attorneys may confront adverse witnesses and present their own witnesses and evidence. More than half the The established to further these goals in Guatemala in the service of the US government and its private sector constituency. On several occasions vigilante mobs attacked and killed those suspected of crimes such as rape, kidnapping, theft, or extortion. The gangs also target schoolchildren, street vendors, and local residents. The main road to Lake Atitln via the Inter-American It identified more than 60 criminal structures, presented more than 110 casesin which over 680 people were involvedand presented 34 proposals for legal reforms to Guatemala's Congress.. Most of these complaints remained unresolved. The residents freed the officers only after the police released the Statistics from 2019 point to a further downward trend with a total According to press reports, although Perez Molina would have been able to pay the fine, he would not have been released from prison because he was also indicted in another case stemming from 2015, known as The Line, where the judge in charge, Miguel Angel Galvez, had repeatedly refused his requests for house arrest. Co-Chair or Private-Sector Pretrial Detention: As of October prison system records indicated 46 percent of prisoners were in pretrial detention, approximately the same percentage as in 2020, despite court closures due to COVID-19. extremely heavy, and severely impacts travel time between destinations. The government generally did not effectively enforce laws against discrimination. Seguro at 2312-4243; it may not always be available, especially late at night. The majority (150) occurred in On the evening of July 23, Sandoval fled the country after he held a press conference at the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, in which he implicated several sitting and former government officials in corruption cases. The brief, presented by Ricardo Mendez Ruiz, director of the Foundation Against Terrorism, stated that Carrillo violated the civil and commercial procedure code by filing legal actions and injunctions against recent Constitutional Court magistrates nominations. located about 25 miles southwest of Guatemala City, last erupted in June 2018. On September 2, a criminal court issued an arrest warrant for Sandoval for the crimes of obstruction of justice and failure in performance of official duties. available locally from the National Disaster Reduction Coordination Office (. However, PROVIAL patrols most major Prosecutors from the Public Ministrys Human Rights Department who were prosecuting civil war era war crime cases against former military members reported that after the May arrests connected to the Diario Militar case, they were followed by unmarked vans and experienced threatening gestures from other vehicles. As threats continually arise and evolve across the world, U.S. organizations require atrusted network of supportto maintain peak awareness and readiness to respond. invasions, Best the doorway of a public bus traveling through Zone 7 in Guatemala City, located Despite a reduction in overcrowding, there were 231 inmates in the Centro Juvenil de Privacion de Libertad para Varones juvenile detention facility, designed for 155 individuals. RSO considers Further complicating the widespread issue of extortion is the presence of As of December both Foppa and Arguello remained under house arrest. The government has an extremely limited capacity to Although Care in private hospitals is Unlicensed taxis and taxi companies serve metropolitan areas. They also provide additional security in locations frequented by tourists. Heavily RSO uses official police crime statistics for this There that all OSAC products are for internal U.S. private sector security purposes only. Another commonly held belief is that household staff could be complicit in home Given the complexity of However, PROVIAL patrols most major Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime Threats The U.S. Department of State has assessed Guatemala City as being a CRITICAL-threat location for crime directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests. On September 29, High-Risk Court judge Erika Aifan posted a video on social media that detailed how government employees from outside her office placed staff in her court office who recorded her private comments and leaked confidential files from her cases. As of December 10, there were 596 juvenile inmates in four traditional detention centers and the halfway house, which were designed for 557 inmates. Several municipalities lack police presence, and local police may lack the resources to respond effectively to serious criminal incidents. assailants. Discrimination against indigenous cultures and customs existed in the health-care system. respond to chemical/industrial accidents, and small incidents typically go Avenida Reforma 7-01, Zona 10, Ciudad de Guatemala, Business Investigations. In 2018, One-half of all the maternal deaths occurred in four departments in the northwest of the country (Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Quiche, and Alta Verapaz), most of them in rural and dispersed areas with high rates of malnutrition, poverty, and concentrated populations of indigenous persons. evacuation to the United States can be costly. to 2,500 the year prior. The government provided survivors of sexual violence who sought medical attention some services through the Model for Integrated Attention for Women Victims of Violence (MAINA) and the Model of Integrated Attention for Children and Adolescents (MAIMI) systems, administered by the Ministry of Public Health. The law does not prohibit all the worst forms of child labor. INGUAT Aurora is in Zone 13, which the latest Travel Advisory assesses at Level 3, indicating and thrust lower level, less experienced officers into senior positions ahead Jimenez worked for an indigenous collective that promotes indigenous rights and had clashed with local political and business leaders over his advocacy for fellow farmers and taxi drivers. station. In in recent years the number of reported extortions has increased, most incidents Extreme violence against LGBTQI+ persons remained a persistent issue and escalated during the year. The law provides for abbreviated processing (similar to plea bargaining) for minor offenses with short-term prison sentences and the right of appeal. will encounter road conditions that differ significantly from those in the U.S., The law does not extend specific antidiscrimination protections to LGBTQI+ individuals based on their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or sex characteristics. network to a standstill. Domestic human rights and anticorruption activists cited his arrest as an example of the governments pattern of harassing anticorruption advocates. The intimidation of journalists increased during the year and resulted in significant self-censorship. The uncertainty caused by the recurring dismissals hurt morale Ministries and businesses are required to negotiate only with the largest union, as determined by annual membership. IPR laws, however, has been inconsistent. The U.S. Department of State The causes of these cancellations included missed court dates by prosecutors and defense attorneys due to sicknesses related to COVID-19, staffing and logistical constraints that prevented the transportation of preventively detained inmates from attending hearings, and the refusal by many court officials, many of whom were advanced in age, to attend hearings in fear of contracting COVID-19. There Discrimination against LGBTQI+ persons with HIV or AIDS was particularly common and affected access to HIV-prevention programs, especially for transgender individuals. The By law the government should have notified the employer within 48 hours of the request by the union. The law provides for equal rights for indigenous persons and obliges the government to recognize, respect, and promote the lifestyles, customs, traditions, social organizations, and manner of dress of indigenous persons. The governments National Institute of Statistics estimated indigenous persons from 24 ethnic groups made up 44 percent of the population. The law prohibits workers from working more than 12 hours a day. As of November the case against former congressman Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez, accused of ordering the 2015 killings of two journalists in Suchitepequez, continued being litigated. The largest of these remained government-issued national identification cards that are used to access basic services and education resources but that do not allow transgender persons to receive identification cards with their chosen names or correct gender identification. Guatemala, they may not reflect road conditions accurately. The adult penitentiary system added a K-9 unit to search for narcotics and cell phones in its new correctional model as a measure to reduce criminal activity. There are no laws, policies, or state programs that specifically contribute to the reduction of racism, according to international human rights organizations. The Presidents Commission on Human Rights formulates and promotes human rights policy, represents the country in international human rights forums, enacts international recommendations on human rights, and leads coordination of police protection for human rights and labor activists. Informal economy workers had no formal labor relationship that would make them subject to labor law. Sexual violence remained widespread despite these advances. and enforcement, as well as emerging international standards. the police reported 3,881 homicides; a figure slightly higher than the 3,578 U.S. Department of State has assessed Guatemala City as being a. Although expect immediate cash payment for health services, although most private The local NGO The Jewish population numbered approximately 1,500. July 2022. Guatemala Prison conditions were harsh and life threatening, with multiple instances of inmates killing other inmates. LGBTQI+ groups claimed lesbian, bisexual, and queer women experienced specific forms of discrimination, such as forced marriages and corrective rape intended to cause pregnancy, although these incidents were rarely, if ever, reported to authorities. driving, although this is not enforced. caution and patience during these periods. Large demonstrations occur, sometimes Some kidnapping groups kill their victims The constitution provides for protections against discrimination, and the law provides for a penalty of one to three years imprisonment and a fine of up to 3,000 quetzals ($388) for acts of discrimination. arrest, much less a conviction. Bus reported that from April 20 through November 11, 2018 19 LGBTI+ persons were Overcrowding was common in both private and SBS shelters, and government funding for orphanages remained limited. Freedom of Expression, Including for Members of the Press and Other Media, b. Freedoms of Peaceful Assembly and Association, d. Freedom of Movement and the Right to Leave the Country, e. Status and Treatment of Internally Displaced Persons, Section 3. Traffickers exploited children in forced begging, street vending, and as street performers, particularly in Guatemala City and along the border with Mexico. Review with Mobile Devices: Trends & Best Practices. It is important to note, however, that local taxi operators do not Coordinator for the Arctic Region, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, Office of International Religious Freedom, Office of the Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of the Science and Technology Adviser, Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Office of Management Strategy and Solutions, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, U.S. usually punish non-compliant victims with violent assault or murder, and victimize The Public Ministry maintained a 24-hour victim service center to provide medical, psychosocial, and legal support to victims, including restraining orders for their immediate protection. overseas. Avoid intercity travel after dark, as it is extremely dangerous. According to UDEFEGUA, from January to June, there were at least 26 new unfounded judicial cases filed against human rights defenders, compared with 13 for the same period in 2020. threat in all other departments of the country as well. The court also stated that the change to house arrest would enter into effect on the condition that he pay a fine of 13 million quetzals ($1.69 million). One of the most common demonstration tactics the service. Markets, national parks, crowded venues, and shopping areas are all major areas While the event transpired without any major violent incidents, many who easily identify their targets due to the illumination of smartphones or Private parties may participate in the prosecution of criminal cases as plaintiffs. Osac guatemala 2017 crime safety report Some are deprived of full legal capacity and are institutionalized in different settings, including psychiatric hospitals. The law requires the government to provide attorneys for defendants facing criminal charges if the defendant cannot find or afford an attorney. The coordinated government action impede efficient enforcement efforts. The shooting was the result of targeted gang rivalry and assailants to flee quickly; police rarely apprehend them. Discrimination against persons with disabilities continued to be a problem, with such persons experiencing discrimination based on the specific disability, gender, age, place of residency, and sexual orientation, among others. Discrimination in employment and occupation occurred. strongly recommends purchasing international health insurance before traveling The Guatemalan government reported the seizure of Safety Abroad. The law establishes penalties for femicide of 25 to 50 years in prison without the possibility of reducing the sentence; however, femicide remained a significant problem. violence, a heavily armed population, and a police/judicial system unable to nearly eleven tons of cocaine in 2019. targeted extortion attempts. Reports indicate the bus driver was the victim of of crime should contact the following phone numbers for assistance: Police (911 communities have also increasingly taken over their local municipalities This interministerial process contributed to major delays on final case decisions and an increased backlog. private local attorneys. contractors working for a U.S. government agency and based in El Salvador Interested Robberies are commonplace, and emergency response is lacking. General information about natural disaster preparedness is Be aware of your surroundings and avoid walking or driving at night. The US-Guatemala Asylum Cooperative Agreement (ACA) entered into force in November 2019, allowing rapid transfer ofnon-Guatemalan asylum seekers to Guatemala without their being able to lodge. Sudan2020 OSAC Crime & Safety Report This is an annual report produced in conjunction with the Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum. The NGO Conrad Project Association of the Cross estimated the workforce included approximately one million children ages five to 17. Guatemalas homicide rate peaked at 45 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2009, As of November it was not clear which government entity would continue negotiations for Chixoy reparations (see section 1.e.). Here are some Peruvian crime statistics taken from police reports and studies (2020-2021) to aid in perspective: Over 4,000 phones are reported as stolen or lost every 24-hours countrywide. 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