Dr. Claudia Paz y Paz Bailey:

Not all but most of the violence in the region is related to organised crime, to drug trafficking and narcotics because of the amount of money involved in these crimes. Even if we have a stranger in the institution, it is still weak. Murders take place in border areas where the drugs go from Honduras to Guatemala through the north and the money and armaments come back. It is drug related because organised crime has the power to pay so that they can kill with impunity. The prosecutors, police officers or judges are faced with this choice, that is why an independent institution is so important. I would not say the Government is on the left or the right, I think what is important is to see what is happening inside Guatemala. There is the issue of debt.