The following excerpt is from an July 31, 2010 article published by The Washington Post. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador Drug cartel violence in Mexico is quickly spilling south into Central America and is threatening to destabilize fragile countries already rife with crime and corruption, according to the United Nations, U.S. officials and regional law enforcement agents.
The Northern Triangle of Central America — Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras — has long been a major smuggling corridor for contraband heading north to the United States. But as Mexican President Felipe Calderón fights a U.S.-backed war against his nation’s drug lords…
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