The Zetas, Mexico’s most feared and violent criminal organization, have moved operations to Guatemala, penetrating local police forces and the military. They have made alliances with locals and are redefining organized crime in Central America.
The Zetas in Guatemala
GUATEMALA
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8 SEP 2011
Chapter 1
Part I: The Incursion
GUATEMALA
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8 SEP 2011
On Tuesday, May 12, 2011, some 10 SUVs and pickups with tinted windows pulled up to a local gasoline station in Coban, the capital of Alta Verapaz state, north Guatemala.
Chapter 2
Part II: The Modus Operandi
GUATEMALA
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8 SEP 2011
It is not a fancy video production. It begins, Horse Races Coban, Guatemala September 15, 2010. Two men -- one wearing a jockeys uniform, the other in street clothes -- ready their…
Chapter 3
Part III: A Guatemalan Response?
GUATEMALA
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8 SEP 2011
On December 18, 2010, a local soccer league in Coban held its championship match. One team featured Alta Verapazs governor at the time, Jose Adrian Lopez. The other team featured…
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