Guatemalan children reunited with deported parents after U.S. separation

Estanislao Perez hugs his son Keidin, who was sent back from detention on Tuesday, after they were separated at the U.S. border, in Guatemala City, Guatemala August 7, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Nine Guatemalan children separated from their parents at the U.S. border under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy were flown home on Tuesday and reunited with their deported families, Guatemala's government said.

Nazario Jacinto Carrillo, a farmer from the village of Huehuetenango, embraced his 5-1/2-year-old daughter after what he said was their three-month separation since he was deported back to Guatemala and she remained in the United States.