Guatemala Is Key in Drug Smugglers’ Rout

“A geographic midpoint between the jungles of Colombia and northern Mexico’s coveted border smuggling corridors, 75 percent of the cocaine that reaches American soil passes through Guatemala, according to anti-drug authorities at the U.S. Embassy.

Drug traffickers have focused on this Central American nation in part because the government long did little to stop them. Police corruption, funding shortfalls and an ineffective judicial system helped smuggling flourish.”

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