Drug dealers blamed for Guatemala national park's fires

Al Jazeera English 2017-04-30

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Drug traffickers and other criminal groups are being blamed for setting fire to protected tropical forests in northern Guatemala.

They're clearing the land for illegal cattle ranching and to make landing strips for US-bound cocaine shipments.

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