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Narcotrafficking and Land Control in Guatemala and Honduras

by Kendra McSweeney

Published: 2020

Publisher: Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, LSE

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Regions: Guatemala, Honduras
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Peer-reviewed research on how drug money transforms land ownership in Guatemala and Honduras. Documents narco-driven cattle ranching and deforestation in Guatemala’s Maya Biosphere Reserve and Honduras’s remote regions, where traffickers use land acquisition to launder proceeds and build airstrips.