11 February – Former congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar is sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment by a US court for involvement in trafficking cocaine to the United States.[3]
March
10 March –
The Volcán de Fuego erupts, forcing the evacuation of nearly 300 families.[4]
Journalist José Rubén Zamora is returned to prison after his appeals against the reversal of his house arrest are denied.[5]
April
23 April – Deputy energy and mines minister Luis Pacheco is arrested on charges of terrorism related to his role in protests by indigenous peoples in 2023.[6]
May
30 May – Three former paramilitaries are convicted of crimes against humanity for rape and other abuses committed against 36 Achi women in Rabinal from 1981 to 1985 during the Guatemalan Civil War and sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment.[7]
Six former government officials, including Social Welfare Secretary Carlos Rodas, are convicted and sentenced to up to 25 years on charges of manslaughter and abuse of authority over the 2017 Guatemala orphanage fire.[14]
The Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs stage riots in two prisons in Guatemala City, injuring two people and leaving 11 guards hostage before being rescued by police later in the day.[15]
14 August – A prison guard is killed in a riot believed to have been staged by Mara Salvatrucha at a jail in Cuilapa.[16]
15 August – Mexico, Guatemala and Belize announce an agreement to create a tri-national nature reserve to protect the Maya Forest.[17]
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