Mexico’s drug war comes to Guatemala

Mexican drug traffickers have worked their way south into Guatemala. The Guatemalan army has been trying to beat them back. But some Guatemalans there feel loyal to the drug cartels. Which have provided services – even security – that the Guatemalan government hasn't delivered. Lorne Matalon reports. 

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