Central America Struggles With Drugs -- Washington Post
GUATEMALA CITY — Fueled by a cocaine trade that runs the length of Central America, the region is in danger of being overwhelmed not only by street gangsters but also sophisticated criminals with ties to elite members of society, U.N. officials warned Thursday.
As Central American leaders concluded two days of high-level meetings to negotiate a regional security plan and to seek money from donor nations, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report documenting the high cost of drug trafficking in Central America, an impoverished backwater it described as ignored.
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My Comment: Mexico's 'drug contagion' is now becoming a fact of life in Central America. I guess the money is too good and tempting for the poor and the elites to ignore.