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Dying to Live, life inside a failing state(16 images)
  • Overall of Guatemala City Guatemala, 20 January  2009. By photographer darren hauck
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  • A MS 13 gang member receives medical attention at the Guatemala city emergency room after a riot broke out at the San Jose Pinula jail where 15 people were hurt and taken to the hospital Monday Sept. 11, 2007 Guatemala City, Guatemala.  (photo by/ Darren Hauck).. By photographer darren hauck
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  • Members of a citizen security patrol group, stand guard armed with weapons and machetes and raidos patrol the street at night in Barcenas Wednesday Sept. 5, 2007 in Guatemala City Guatemala. The vigilanties were forced to take to the streets after increased threats of murder and extortion along with a gun battle with automatic weapons where they killed a expected gang member on Sunday. Crime has become a serious issue in the upcoming elections that are to take place on Sept. 9 2007.   (photo by/ Darren Hauck).... By photographer darren hauck
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  • Local citizens join forces and spend the evenings sleeping and guarding there local market in fear of the local government trying to tear down and destroy their lively hoods in the town of Villanueva in Guatemala city  Tuesday Oct. 30, 2007 in Guatemala. In the previous months the local government has tried to destroy the market in attempt to move the local indigenous population out to open the land up for new development                                                                         ( Photo/Darren  Hauck).......... By photographer darren hauck
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  • Brothel at the market Monday May 19, 2008 in Guatemala City Guatemala.   (Photo/Darren Hauck ).......... By photographer darren hauck
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  • A man tests his pain threshold as he sees how many lashings he can take before giving up, at a upscale brothel in Guatemala city Thursday Oct. 25, 2007 in Guatemala. Referred to by many as a failed state, the split between poverty and wealth in Guatemala is seen in nightclubs where money has no bounds as individuals pursue a good time.  ( Photo/Darren  Hauck).......... By photographer darren hauck
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  • A man throws a Molotov cocktail at the mayors office Tuesday Sept. 11, 2007, Palin Guatemala. A angry mob took to the streets and went on to burn down the mayors office as well as his home in demonstration after and clash with local police on the previous day. Residents accuse the mayor of, among other things, of bussing voters for the elections on Sept. 9 2007.   (photo by/ Darren Hauck).............. By photographer darren hauck
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  • Maquila workers scavenge  what they can after the unexpected closing of clothing factory in San Lucas Wednesday Nov. 7, 2007 Guatemala. A common occurrence in Centeral America, the South Korean owners fled the country with out paying the employees their due wages and severance  packages.  ( Photo/Darren  Hauck).......... By photographer darren hauck
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  • A Esmeralda bus remains parked on the sidewalk after a man stepped onto the bus and shot the driver in the head killing him, Guatemala City Guatemala, 19 January  2009. By photographer darren hauck
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  • Members of  the street gang MS, are shackled and taken away from the Guatemala city emergency room after a riot broke out at the San Jose Pinula jail where 15 people were hurt and taken to the hospital Monday Sept. 11, 2007 Guatemala City, Guatemala.  (photo by/ Darren Hauck).. By photographer darren hauck
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  • Various members of the military and police look for suspected subjects in the murder of a bus patron who was shot dead in the back of a public bus in Zone 10 Guatemala City Guatemala, 15 January   2009. These suspected gun men were apprehended about a mile away from the murder scene. By photographer darren hauck
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  • A woman cries for her lost husband at a crime scene of a number 40 P bus line where the pilot was murdered and the assistant was shot in the face by a unknown shooter in zone 7 of Guatemala City Guatemala, 16 January   2009. The number 40 P bus line is of one of the must deadly lines that take the majority of the killings in Guatemala City. By photographer darren hauck
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  • A blody hand print stains the wall near a scene where relatives mourn the deaths of two family members killed in a drive by shooting at a wake in Zone 6 Guatemala city  Monday Oct. 29, 2007 in Guatemala. Witnneses say the gang related violence stemmed from the murder the night before just a few blocks away.                                                                 ( Photo/Darren  Hauck).......... By photographer darren hauck
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  • A group of 6 individuals are brought into the Roosevelt Emergency Hospital for gun shot wounds after a drive by shooting that injured 6 and killed 3, Guatemala City Guatemala, 18 January   2009. The shooting took place where locals say a a store owner refused to pay extortion money so a group of organized crime did a drive by to hurt the store owners business forcing them to pay. By photographer darren hauck
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  • Guatemala San Raymundo, A indigenous women prays at the grave site for one of the two Presidential Candidate, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchu campaign workers, who were found murdered earlier in the week is taken to its final resting place in San Raymundo Guatemala, Friday Sept 7, 2007.  Crime has become a serious issue in the upcoming elections that are to take place on Sept. 9 2007.  (photo by/ Darren Hauck)............. By photographer darren hauck
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