Guatemalan-Maya Center

An indigenous Guatemalan teen accused in the death of a St. Johns County police sergeant has been cleared of any wrongdoing. Prosecutors announced they were dropping an aggravated manslaughter case against Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez.

The Guatemalan-Maya Center says there is a 30% COVID-19 infection rate among 600 agricultural workers and families.

With whole towns under water in Honduras, aid workers compare Eta to the epic flooding Hurricane Mitch dumped on the Central American nation in 1998.

A group of Lake Worth high schoolers who call themselves the “Mayan Girls” have been working to translate important information — everything from…

It can be hard to find a truly quiet place in the Lake Worth-based Guatemalan-Maya Center.Just inside one door, case workers and other staff answer phones…

In Lake Worth, immigrants and the nonprofits who serve them are gearing up for rumored raids by immigration enforcement this weekend.Some people have…

Most of the stories about Central American migrant children coming to the U.S. in recent years have been sad ones. That’s especially true of Guatemalan…

It’s surreal for Fr. Frank O’Loughlin to see a video of a straight-faced Policarpia Gaspar Xuncax talking about the Guatemalan-Maya Center, a nonprofit…

For more than 50 years, Father Frank O’Laughlin has helped protect and promote the most vulnerable immigrants and refugees in South Florida. The Roman…

Florida Congresswoman Lois Frankel recently toured the U.S. southern border, talking to undocumented parents and children separated by President Trump’s…

A Palm Beach County organization is gathering aid for Guatemalans in need after the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego Volcano Sunday. The Guatemalan disaster…

“Our people are very, very casual about mosquitoes,” says Father Frank O’Loughlin, director of the Guatemalan-Maya Center, of the community the…