Guatemala endured a civil war.
 In the meantime, in the eastern part of Guatemala, the Jalapa region became increasingly dangerous; former president Mariano Rivera Paz and rebel leader Vicente Cruz were both murdered there after trying to take over the Corregidor office in 1849
Guatemala ( (listen) GWAH-t-MAH-l; Spanish: [watemala] (listen)), officially the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: Repblica de Guatemala), is a country in Central America

