Guatemala's Response

The recent gunfights between representatives of different Mexican groups and the UN warning that Guatemala is in danger of losing control of its democratic institutions to drug traffickers have spurred the Central American nation into action. Two days ago, President Álvaro Colom was advocating the creation of a regional army to fight drug gangs. Yesterday Guatemala sent its army to the Mexican border to search a handful of haciendas thought to be used as a staging ground for vaulting drugs across the border.