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The sometimes fantasyland-like country of Guatamala with 23 volcanos, jungles, idyllic lakes and Mayan ruins is seeing a rapid increase in crime...and tourism is beginning to suffer.
It's not just petty crimes either.
Guatamala now ranks third in the murder after El Salvador and Colombia.
Read more from The Global Post:
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/the-americas/090428/guatemala-tourism
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