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January 6, 2013

Guatemala Confronts Ugly Past, Violent Present

Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times

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Atty. Gen. Claudia Paz y Paz is fighting gang leaders, corrupt officials, Mexican drug cartels and figures from the 1961-1996 civil war, including a notorious former president.

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