Iota already had been hitting the Caribbean coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras with torrential rains and strong winds.

Governments worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flooding caused by Eta, now a tropical depression, that claimed dozens of lives from Mexico to Panama.

It was not clear who was behind the attack. However, a little over a year ago, another group of people began to occupy the land and intimidate the former workers, the CUC said.

Police say the drowning took place near Wheatley Provincial Park on July 12.

President Alejandro Giammattei said 12 randomly selected people on the deportation flight tested positive for coronavirus when examined by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Three Canadians stranded in Guatemala City took a risky route home after failing to obtain consular assistance during COVID-19.

Thirty-six students and eight staff members from Winnipeg's Canadian Mennonite University are stranded in Guatemala amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two Maritimers and one Albertan working for the same non-profit are stuck in Guatemala, with no return in sight.

So far, the three students have raised almost $14,000 for the Project Somos Children’s Village.

Women cradling small children or holding kids’ hands wept as they walked toward the buses.