2016 in Guatemala

The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Guatemala.

Incumbents Acting President: Alejandro Maldonado, 3 September 2015-current President-elect: Jimmy Morales, will take office on 14 January Vice President: Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria (until 14 January), Jafeth Cabrera (from 14 January)

Events Police arrested Manuel Benedicto Lucas Garcia, brother of former President Fernando Romeo Lucas García, and 13 others on 7 January on suspicion of involvement in the murders of 558 people during the Guatemalan Civil War. Soldiers shoot a 13-year-old boy named Julio Rene Alvarado Ruano and his younger border on the Belieze-Guatemala border starting border tensions.

Public holidays

See also

Timeline of Guatemalan history

References