Seems like a no-brainer, but what do I know?

Guatemalan law currently allows marriage beginning at the age of 14 but congress is now discussing raising the minimum age to 18 years. The UN offices in Guatemala support the initiative

Early marriage "limits the healthy and proper development of children and adolescents," because "it restricts their rights to health, education and undermines their development opportunities," especially restricting their rights to health, education and undermining their development chances in general...

"In many cases marriage at a young age is forced, which is a violation of human rights, one of the most widespread forms of sexual abuse and exploitation of girls," he said.

The United Nations believes that reforms discussed the Guatemalan Congress on this subject will help bring national legislation to international agreements and conventions that the country has ratified to guarantee the rights of children and women.

 "This is a first step that will help transform other harmful to the development of children and adolescents, such as early marriage, pregnancy or forced marriage practices," he said.

Take a look at this article on adoptions in Guatemala by Erin Siegal McIntyre on The Limits of Jurisdiction. It's a little long but worth it.

The same goes for this Politico article on How the Border Patrol became America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.

I haven't finished reading either article but I might use them for my spring class on Human Rights in Latin America.