Fighting illegal loggers on the Guatemala-Mexico border
Alternate Title
Patrullaje en la selva Maya: La lucha contra la tala ilegal en la frontera Guatemala-México
Date of Publication
2022 12:00 AM
Security Theme
Environmental Security
Keywords
Illegal Logging, Transnational Organized Crime, TOC, Border Security in CENTAM
Description
A journey deep into the jungle reveals how a shadowy timber mafia with ties to Asia is illegally extracting precious wood on the Guatemala-Mexico border. InSight Crime traveled over 300 kilometers through a trio of nature reserves to document how illegal loggers have ravaged some of the region’s most biodiverse forests and chronicle the unlikely story of a small group of park rangers fighting back.
Fighting illegal loggers on the Guatemala-Mexico border
A journey deep into the jungle reveals how a shadowy timber mafia with ties to Asia is illegally extracting precious wood on the Guatemala-Mexico border. InSight Crime traveled over 300 kilometers through a trio of nature reserves to document how illegal loggers have ravaged some of the region’s most biodiverse forests and chronicle the unlikely story of a small group of park rangers fighting back.
