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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton called for Latin America to fight drug corruption in a regional swing
that ended Friday in Guatemala, days after that country's drug czar and
national police chief were jailed on suspicion of leading a police ring that
stole cocaine from drug traffickers. The arrests underscored Guatemala's
vulnerability to traffickers, whose billions of dollars in profits and bribes
are undermining a fragile country still recovering from years of military rule
and civil war. "Organized crime has infiltrated all aspects of the
Guatemalan state, and now rivals it in terms of power and influence," said
Andrew Hudson, senior associate at Human Rights First in New York. Drug czar
Nelly Bonilla was arrested Tuesday, along with Police Chief Baltazar Gómez.
They were accused of leading a criminal police gang that stole 1,500 pounds of
cocaine. They were the latest in a string of police officers alleged to
have crumbled before the lure of drug profits. – Washington
Post
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