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Contreras stands in her living room in Villa Canales
20 Nov 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Tania Contreras, 3, stands in her living room in Villa Canales November 19, 2009. Contreras lost her father a month ago when he was shot to death while driving his bus route. According to figures compiled by the Association of Widows of Drivers of Public Transportation of Guatemala, over the last four years 440 women have lost their husbands and over 1,200 children made fatherless. Attacks on buses is common in an on-going battle between organized gangs of extortionists and private bus companies, Hundreds of drivers, assistant drivers, owners and passengers have been murdered over the last two years. On average there is one driver killed every other day in Guatemala. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA CONFLICT CRIME LAW SOCIETY)
REUTERS/DANIEL LECLAIR


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