Science & Health
Drug traffickers making way for the increased demand for narcotics flowing from Mexico to the U.S. have cleared Central American forests to do so. Drug trafficking is ravaging the landscape as drug traders dig into the forests to form secret roads and landing strips for planes delivering narcotics.
Background:
Deforestation in Central America Tied to Drug Trafficking [Nature World News]
Drug trafficking ravages Central American forests [AFP]
Drug traffickers deal lethal blow to Central American forests, study says [NBC]
