An armed villager checks a public bus entering the village of Castanas for weapons, on the outskirts of Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersAn armed villager guards the entrance to the village of Castanas, on the outskirts of Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersArmed villagers pose at the entrance to their village of Castanas, on the outskirts of Guatemala City. The villagers formed the armed group to defend themselves in response to a recent extortion threat by the Mara Salvatrucha criminal gangPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
An armed villager points his gun at a car as he checks people entering the village of Castanas for weapons, on the outskirts of Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersArmed villagers check a public bus entering the village of Castanas for weapons, on the outskirts of Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersRelatives of people who disappeared while on their way to the US through Mexico, cry during an event in Central Park in Guatemala City Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersCentral American women make their way through the border bridge that divides Mexico and Guatemala, as people arrive to join a protest by the Caravana Paso a Paso Hacia la Paz (Caravan Step by Step to Peace) in Tecun Uman, on the border with MexicoPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersMen from Honduras rest in a Casa del Migrante (Migrant House) in Tecun Uman, on Guatemala's border with Mexico. The Caravana Paso a Paso Hacia la Paz (Caravan Step by Step to Peace), made up of relatives of people who went missing while making their way to the US, marched in protest against the kidnappings and crimes committed by organised criminal groups against migrantsPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersSupporters of Sandra Torres, former first lady and presidential candidate of Guatemala, gesture during a political event in Central Park in Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersSupporters of Sandra Torres hold posters during a political event in Guatemala City's Central ParkPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersWomen react during a political event for Sandra Torres in Central Park in Guatemala CityPhotograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersPeople prepare the sacred fire with candles, bread and honey during the Maya Tz'ikin or the Day of the Birds ceremony in the Kaminaljuyu archaeological zone in Guatemala City Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/ReutersA man smokes tobacco as an offering during the Maya Tz'ikin or the Day of the Birds ceremony in the Kaminaljuyu archaeological zone in Guatemala City Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
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