Guatemala: No Deal With US on Increased Border Security

Honduran migrant families trying to reach the United States cross the Usumacinta river on a boat, at La Tecnica in Lacandon jungle, Guatemala, on March 6, 2021. Edgard Garrido/Reuters

Guatemala’s government on Tuesday challenged an assertion from U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration that it agreed to surge troops to its borders to make migration to the United States more difficult.

“There is no document signed” regarding border security, the government said in a Spanish language statement.