Stratfor and Guatemala

There's at least one document posted about Stratfor and Guatemala that contains several emails about the significance of the Peten massacre. Stratfor is a "U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA."

The massacre may or may not be the work of the Zetas. It may or may not be the "the beginning of a trend which will have dramatic effect upon the geopolitics of the country and the greater Central American region." At the time, I said let's not get ahead of ourselves. It was one horrific massacre but not an indication that more were imminent or that Guatemala was becoming a failed state.

And, what do you know, ever since that massacre, homicide rates have continued to go down. Even the January and February 2012 autopsy results from INACIF indicate that violent deaths continue to decrease.

Some other tidbits. Some Guzman fellow was overthrow in a CIA-backed coup years ago. There was also disagreement as to whether Sandra Torres was more or less corrupt than Guatemalan elites.

These were just emails and not final products but it looks like Stratfor was doing the same thing that everyone else was at the time of the massacre. Read the group of Guatemala/Stratfor emails here?