Guatemala Receives First US Flight Carrying Third-Country Deportees

Guatemalan officials said that the Honduran deportees were taken to a migration center for subsequent transfer to their home country.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and President of Guatemala Bernardo Arévalo converse as they walk to a meeting at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura, in Guatemala City, on June 26, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Pool Photo via AP

Guatemala received its first deportation flight from the United States carrying illegal immigrants originating from a third country, Guatemala’s immigration authorities said on Oct. 10.

The flight was carrying 56 Guatemalan and three Honduran nationals when it arrived in Guatemala on Oct. 10, according to a statement from the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM).