 2016 Belize-Guatemala border standoff

The 2016 Belize–Guatemala border standoff began when Belizean soldiers fatally shot a 13-year-old Guatemalan along the Sarstoon River, which marks Belize's southern border with Guatemala.Guatemalan authorities claimed that Julio René Alvarado Ruano, his father and his younger brother were shot by Belizean soldiers on 20 April 2016, while they were planting crops near the Sarstoon River in the northern department of Petén.