From a statement issued by the Government of Guatemala:

The Governments of Guatemala and Mexico have launched the Safe Passage program, which will provide Guatemalans and Belizeans with regional visitor cards and frontier worker cards at no cost, among other measures, in order to create a safe and orderly control of people crossing the Mexican border.

The program seeks to strengthen the system of recording and exchange of database information, which will allow regional visitor card holders to move freely and with the backing of the law in the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche and Quintana Roo without needing to have Mexican visas.

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Guatemala-Mexico: $250 million for Border Crossings

May 2014

An announcement has been made that an agreement will be signed between the two governments to build ten border crossings using funding from the Inter-American Development Bank.

From a press release issued by the Government of Guatemala:

250 million dollars will be invested in the installation of 10 border posts between Guatemala and Mexico.

Central America Gas Pipeline Project Resurfaces

January 2014

The Mexican government is considering constructing a pipeline and eventually a refinery to supply the region.

Miguel Hakim, Mexican Secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, said his country is considering building a refinery and natural gas pipeline which would cross the isthmus and would be an alternative option for generating power at low cost. Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), has $2 billion to invest.

Smuggling at Mexico - Guatemala Border

August 2013

Central American Business Chambers call for stopping unfair trade in both directions between the two countries.  

"We must, as soon as possible, stop the illegal movement of goods from Guatemala to the southern border of Chiapas, in order to be able to aspire to making progress on all our objectives in this new era of trade between Mexico and Central America," said Jose Mejia, president of the Central American Binational Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Investment.

Approval of Guatemala-Mexico FTA Urged

June 2013

The Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said that approving the trade agreement between the two countries will increase bilateral trade volume.

"We hope that very soon the Congress of Guatemala will ratify it, as this will trigger trade relations to continue to grow more and more," said Peña Nieto, who during his speech at the Guatemala Investment Summit, said that in the last 12 years bilateral trade has quadrupled.