US-Guatemala Deportations on Rise
The increase of deportations from the United States brought about concern in Guatemala where 569 repatriates arrived last week.

"An average of 400 people are deported every week,"

declared to Prensa Latina Marta Altolaguirre, the vice foreign minister of emigration.

The foreign ministry also revealed some had been living in the US for over 10 years without criminal records and working permanently.

Early in this month representatives of the Guatemalan Emigrants Union (UGE) denounced to the Congress of the Republic the existence of a plan to repatriate about 30 thousand fellow citizens in a short period of time.