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Security & Strategic Review - June 2017 (ISSN 1741-4202)
Guatemala: Morales invokes state of siege
Last month the conservative Frente de Convergencia Nacional (FCN-Nación) government led by President Jimmy Morales declared a 30-day state of siege in the municipalities of Ixchiguán and Tajumulco, both in San Marcos department which borders Mexico. Extended for a further 30 days on 7 June, the move, which allows for a military deployment and restricts basic rights like the freedom of movement and the right to bear arms, is part of efforts to recover State control of the area following recent local incidents of violence. While a dispute has existed for decades between the two municipalities over access to land and water, the violence has also been linked to a turf war in the area, which is widely used to cultivate opium poppy, between rival Mexican drug trafficking organisations (DTOs).
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