A Decades-long Land Conflict is Killing Hundreds of Indigenous People
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They've been involved in a land dispute for over 150 years. Generation after generation, Indigenous communities in Guatemala have been attacking each other — over a territorial conflict that seems impossible to resolve. And as Harris Whitbeck reports, illicit activity in the region is making things worse.
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