💨 Abstract

Nearly two months after a Mexican police incursion into La Mesilla, Guatemala, the town's commerce and morale remain disrupted. A June shootout involving the Jalisco New Generation Cartel spooked residents and hindered trade. Despite a recent raid seizing two guns, arrests were not made. Locals, fearful, grapple with the ongoing cartel influence and memories of past violence. Police operations, backed by the U.S.,

Courtesy: WTOP Staff