Obviously in isolation this wouldn't mean much. However, there have been a string of improvements in Guatemala in recent years. Many entities are still weak and/or failing but they are better.
Security forces on Monday launched raids on one of the biggest gangs in Guatemala, arresting 72 suspected members of a cell specializing in extortion, officials said.
More than 120 raids were carried out by nearly 300 law enforcement officers and prosecutors in the south, center and northeast of the country.
"The operation is focused on fighting the scourge of extortion," the chief state prosecutor, Thelma Aldana, told a news conference.
The raids targeted members of the notorious Barrio 18 gang who formed an ring known as "Solo para Locos" ("Only for Crazies") that strongarmed public transport companies plying routes between the capital and southern coastal areas, according to the public ministry.
We've been saying that CICIG and the MP's office needed to extend their reach outside the capital to the rest of the country. These arrests in Retalhuleu, Escuintla and Santa Rosa and Izabal indicate that some progress is being made.
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