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Cartels carve new drug routes in Central America

Nick Miroff’s reporting from Belize was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and presented here in cooperation with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Belize’s has a long coastline, hundreds of uninhabited cays and few patrols, making it difficult to police. Officials say the remote waters are favorite smuggling routes […]

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