Overview

• Guatemala’s migration agency granted temporary humanitarian permanence to 39 families—161 people, including 69 children—now sheltered in Guailá, La Democracia, Huehuetenango.
• The IGM says the families arrived due to violence in Chiapas and reports no indications of criminal structures within the group, while coordinating aid with Red Cross, Plan International and national agencies.
• Mexican federal authorities from Foreign Affairs and Interior, along with the consulate in Quetzaltenango, have been attending the group and report interviews in which people said they fled violence in Frontera Comalapa communities.
• Chiapas Governor Eduardo Ramírez and state prosecutors deny forced displacement, assert many are relatives of suspects facing charges, and cite an alleged leader known as El Colocho linked to the group El Maíz operating from Guatemala.
• State officials report ongoing security actions in the border region, including about 50 arrest warrants, four Interpol red‑notice requests, 1,500 deployed personnel and vehicle seizures, including five armored ‘monstruo’ trucks.