Guatemalans hunker down against rising violence (AP)

GUATEMALA CITY ? Dire poverty, gang violence and drug trafficking create a sense of isolation among some people in Guatemala City.

Squalor and poverty are constants.

Many motorists in the city of 3 million hide behind tinted windows. Hair stylists work behind barred doors. Even packed buses, some with passengers hanging from the windows, carry guards.

Many analysts say the violence is a legacy of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996. During the war, about 200,000 people were killed, mostly by state forces and paramilitary groups.

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