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alarmingly high proportion of women among the<br />

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The region has seen a huge rise in murders of women<br />

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same period in 2011, Guatemala remains one of the<br />

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those seen to associate with gangs, either through<br />

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lawyer Patsil Toledo has noted, as well as helping to<br />

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and intimidation to the authorities. For example, in<br />

May last year, a gang in Guatemala decapitated a<br />

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warning the authorities not to go through with plans<br />

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greater impunity, which in turn fuels more criminal<br />

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of criminal groups in Central America into human<br />

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countries for the sex trade, with gangs recruiting<br />

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