In the face of  death threats, a forensic anthropologist has spent the past  two decades patiently exhuming  the victims of Guatemala’s civil war. Now  his work might bring justice for their murders, writes Maggie Jones

Mayan priests started off ceremonies aimed at marking the end of the current era in the Mayan long-count calendar today, with dancing, incense and rituals designed to thank the gods.

A small plane has crashed in the mountains of northern Guatemala killing the two Guatemalans and three Mexicans who were on board.

A Guatemalan mob has hacked a judge to death and set his body on fire after he let two suspected rapists walk free.