January 14 – Guatemalan troops, police, and health workers set up 16 checkpoints to stop migrants.[1]
January 15 – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake with an epicenter located 5 kilometres (3 mi) south-southwest of Champerico at a depth of 10 km (6 mi) shakes buildings in Guatemala City, but no damage or injuries are reported.[2]
February 5 – An agreement wherein asylum–seekers are forced to wait in Guatemala until they receive a hearing is canceled by the Biden administration.[4]
February 18 – Mexico and Guatemala sign an agreement to return 16 bodies identified as Guatemalan migrants in the massacre in Santa Anita, Camargo, Tamaulipas, on January 22.[5]
February 19 – Thousands of farmers march to demand the resignations of President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General Consuelo Porras for corruption.[6]
February 22 – Outrage after it is revealed that health officials spent USD $1,000,000 to purchase 30,000 fake COVID-19 tests. Guatemala has had 171,289 infections and 6,306 deaths related to the virus.[7]
February 25 – Survivors of the Guatemalan Civil War march to demand justice on the ″National Day of Dignity for Victims of the Internal Armed Conflict″. “This day carries so much meaning. It honors our dead,” said Rigoberta Menchu.[8]
March and April
March 4 – Villagers near Pacaya ignore an evacuation request as the volcano throws ashes into the air.[9]
Seven Mexican soldiers are being held in La Esperanza, Tacaná, San Marcos Department, after a 30-year-old Guatemalan was killed in Mazapa de Madero, Chiapas, Mexico. The incident is being investigated as a murder.[12]
President Giammattei decrees a “state of prevention” along the border with Honduras amid reports that a new migrant caravan may be forming in Honduras.[13]
March 30 – President Giammattei and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris agree to work together on immigration issues after a phone call.[14]
May and June
June 7 – U.S. vice president Kamala Harris visits President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss immigration.[15]
March 1 – The French/Guatemalan movie La Lollorona is nominated for a Golden Globe Award.[17]
March 5 – El Universal reports that traditional black salt is likely soon to be a thing of the past as only one person, named Don Maximilano, who is over 70 years old, knows how to prepare it.[18]
