The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which is leaving a trail of violence in Mexico, is quietly expanding its criminal network in Guatemala, InSight Crime, an organization that studies organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, said in a May 18 report. The investigation, initiated two years prior, confirms the claims of the U.S. Treasury Department and the Guatemalan Public Ministry (MP).
The Central American country’s unique geographic location –bathed by the Pacific, with an exit to the Caribbean and more than 300 microclimates-, adds a unique value to its international brand.
A major earthquake measuring 6.2 in magnitude has struck Guatemala reducing buildings to rubble. The quake hit the Central American nation on Wednesday morning, with the epicentre in Nueva Concepción, the European Mediterranean Seismological.
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