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Originally Posted by MRM
It has the highest crime rate in Latin America and the highest murder rate, with 97% of all murders unsolved. https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=15656 The US State Department classifies Guatemala's crime rate as "critical". I'd be very careful. Why are you visiting, and why in August? I assume someone is making you go.
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My thoughts too. When we visited the Xunantunich Mayan ruins in Belize near the Guatemala border, we had a military escort.