and it’s home to more Maya ruins than any of its neighbours. There’s an especially high concentration here, in the northern Petén region, scattered around the Maya Biosphere Reserve ...

Venture beyond Guatemala’s famed Maya ruins at Tikal and you’ll find family-run museums and communities preserving age-old traditions, and an opportunity to learn about the country’s history ...

Police are investigating the Belize deaths of three American women, Koutar Naqqad, Imane Mallah and Wafae El-Arar, at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort. Nearly a month after their deaths, Gian Cho ...

Three American women who were discovered dead in a Belize resort hotel room last month ... likely caused by a faulty instant water heater." Wafae El Arar, 26; Imane Mallah, 24; and Kaoutar Naqqad ...

and Wafae El-Arar, 26 — all from Revere, Mass. — were found dead inside their room at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort in San Pedro on Feb. 22. A toxicology report from Belize’s National ...

Kaoutar Naqqad, Imane Mallah and Wafae El-Arar were found dead on Saturday, Feb. 22 while on vacation in Belize Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Investigators in Belize reported finding the bodies of the women, identified as 26-year-old Wafae El Arar, 24-year-old Imane Mallah and 23-year-old Kaoutar Naqqad, in the room with alcohol ...