Guatemala’s Gang War Escalates: State of Emergency Imposed Amid Deadly Attacks on Police

Guatemala is once again under siege from brazen criminal gangs whose coordinated violence has claimed the lives of nine police officers and forced President Bernardo Arévalo to declare a stringent state of emergency. This crisis exposes the deadly costs when governments do not decisively protect their citizens from organized crime, which threatens not only Guatemalan sovereignty but also America's security interests in the Western Hemisphere. How Long Will Gang Violence Continue to Destroy Lives and Erode National Security? The violence escalated over the weekend when inmates linked to notorious gangs seized control of three prisons in synchronized riots, taking 43...