In the heart of the
narco-state, Marco Vernaschi, El Pais
Source: Pulitzer center
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Marco VernaschiEl PaisJuly 2, 2009 Important drug traffickers use Guinea Bissau as a base to smuggle drugs to Europe. A journalist from El Pais visited the country: one of the poorest nations in the world, where militaries -- involved in bloody clashes -- hinder drug trafficking investigations and Latin American drug dealers cross Bissau's dark nights in luxury cars. Download a PDF of this photospread (text in Spanish). Thumbnail version below.










