Guatemalan Gangs Step Into Politics and Drug Trafficking

<p>Guatemala’s two major gangs appear to be evolving in different directions: The notorious 18th Street has waded into politics; the government suggests it is being politicized to stoke chaos. Meanwhile, in a series of strategic moves, MS-13 has wrested the monopoly on street-level drug dealing from the cartel that had held it for over 30 years.</p>