The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Guatemala.
Incumbents
- Acting President: Alejandro Maldonado, 3 September 2015-current
- President-elect: Jimmy Morales, will take office on 14 January
- Vice President: Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria (until 14 January), Jafeth Cabrera (from 14 January)
Events
- Police arrested Manuel Benedicto Lucas Garcia, brother of former President Fernando Romeo Lucas García, and 13 others on 7 January on suspicion of involvement in the murders of 558 people during the Guatemalan Civil War.[1]
- Soldiers shoot a 13-year-old boy named Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano and his younger border on the Belieze-Guatemala border starting border tensions.[2]
Public holidays
See also
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References
- ^ "Guatemala ex-military officials held over massacres". BBC News. 7 January 2016.
- ^ "Belize Says Guatemala "Amassing" Troops in Border Areas". ABC News. Retrieved 2016-04-22.