Guarding the rainforest in Guatemala while confronting drug smugglers
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A tropical forest in the north of Guatemala was once guarded by the Mayan civilization. Today, local descendants are managing the resources of the 2-million-hectare jungle by using sustainable ancestral methods. But drug traffickers invested in the area as well and built hidden runways, labs and storage facilities. Harris Whitbeck has more.
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