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 of Guatemala|President of Guatemala|Vice President]: Juan Alfonso Fuentes Soria, Jafeth Cabrera

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.