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Dispatches from the Field: Guatemala City

April 3, 2013
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe maras add union-busting to their repertoire of murder and extortion.
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Not the enemy: An armed villager patrols a bus outside Guatemala City. Photo: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters
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The maras add union-busting to their repertoire of murder and extortion.

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Guate-Mara: the Extortion Economy in Guatemala

 Reading Time: 6 minutesThe maras add union-busting to their repertoire of murder and extortion.


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