This article (in Spanish) tells of a community in Guatemala where gangsters that have been sent back to Guatemala from the US for illegally crossing or trying to cross the border.
Problem is they have taken over the community and are charging a tax per house for "not killing any members of the family" that live inside each house. Two-story houses pay slightly more than single-story ones.
The clincher is the quote at the end by a cop, who is like "citizens need to denounce these criminals or else they too are criminals."
Real nice, you don't have to live in a place where gangsters demand a tax to let you live. Real nice.
By the way, take a look at the comments section, I'll have a post on this later because it's very entertaining and very revealing about guatemalan culture and the mentality that exists there.
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