US exporting coronavirus through deportations, says Guatemalan president

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The president of Guatemala said the Trump administration’s deportation of Guatemalan citizens amounted to the exportation of coronavirus cases.

“We’ve had serious problems with deported people,” Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said Thursday. “We haven’t been treated by the United States in a way that I’d say is kind in relation to the deportees.”

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