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222 Author interviews with Ministry of the Interior officials; Guatemala City, Guatemala; October 2010. These officials had copies of the maps that displayed the routes followed by cocaine-laden planes that flew between Colombia and Central America between 2008 and May 2010. 223 Colom, 2010. 224 Press event with Minister of Interior, Carlos Menocal. Guatemala City, Guatemala. June 11, 2011. 225 Ibid. 226 Colom, 2010. 227 Press event with Minister of Interior, Carlos Menocal. Guatemala City, Guatemala. June 11, 2011. 228 Author interviews with Public Ministry investigators; Guatemala City, Guatemala, April-June 2010. 229 Brands, page 15. 230 Menocal, 2010. 231 Author interview with prosecutor Esteban García; Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 30, 2010. García was transferred to another prosecution office in April 2011. 232 Press event with Minister of Interior Carlos Menocal. Guatemala City, Guatemala. June 11, 2011. 233 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) 2010, op. cit. 234 Press event with Minister of Interior, Carlos Menocal, op. cit. 235 Author interview with Civilian National Police official; Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 3, 2010. 236 Author interview with Public Ministry official; Guatemala City, Guatemala; August 30, 2010. 237 “Producían drogas,” Nuestro Diario (Guatemala), June 12, 2011; print edition, 2. Also see: “Autoridades desmantelan laboratorio clandestino,” Prensa Libre, June 12, 2011; print edition, 10. 238 Ibarrola, 2010. 239 Menocal, 2010. 240 DEA press release from December 30, 2008 found at: http://www. justice.gov/dea/pubs/states/newsrel/2008/atlanta123008.html. 241 Menocal, 2010. 242 “‘El Chapo’ Guzmán tenía centro de operaciones internacional en Santa Bárbara,” La Tribuna (Honduras), February 24, 2010; found at: http://www. latribuna.hn/2010/02/24/%E2%80%9Cel-chapo%E2%80%9D-guzman-teniacentro-de-operaciones-internacional-en-santa-barbara/. 243 “Detienen a narcos,” Nuestro Diario, January 28, 2011, 6. 244 See: Stratfor Global Intelligence. “Mexico: The Struggle for Balance.” April 8, 2010; found at: http://www.stratfor.com/ weekly/20100407_mexico_struggle_balance
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