# Guatemala receives first US arms in nearly 50 years

https://mins.news/en/item/69037

- France 24, 2026-09-22 14:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260922-guatemala-receives-first-us-arms-in-nearly-50-years

> Guatemala received its first batch of US military weapons in almost five decades, ending an arms embargo imposed by Washington over human rights violations during the country’s civil war. The two countries have continued cooperating in recent years against drug trafficking.

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