Guatemala denies authorizing US anti-drug strikes on its soil
Last updated May 29, 2026
President Bernardo Arévalo says Guatemala has not agreed to US military operations on national territory, while confirming a request for cooperation on equipment, training and experts against drug trafficking
- The denial blocks a potentially major expansion of cross-border militarized counternarcotics policy.
- Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Thursday that there is no agreement allowing the United States to conduct anti-drug trafficking operations on Guatemalan soil, according.
- His denial followed a New York Times report that Guatemala had agreed to joint strikes.
- “There is no agreement,” Arévalo told reporters, according to ABC News and Newsweek.
- He said there was instead a request within the framework of existing agreements.
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Based only on supplied evidence from ABC News/AP, Newsweek, The Guardian and The Star/AP. The article reports Guatemala’s denial and request for cooperation as sourced; it does not verify the New York Times report directly or claim any authorized US strike agreement exists.
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