United States Donates Ten Million Dollars to Fight Drug Trafficking in Guatemala

September 25, 2009

Guatemala City, 24 September (EFE).- The U.S. government donated another ten million dollars to fight drug trafficking in Guatemala, a country considered to be a natural stop along the way for the shipment of cocaine from South America to the United States, official sources announced today.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

United States Donates Ten Million Dollars to Fight Drug Trafficking in Guatemala

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