A migrant from Honduras prepares to cross illegally into Mexico, traveling on a speedboat along Guatemala’s San Pedro River, one of several busy smuggling routes along the frontier. (Hector Tobar / Los Angeles Times)
Migrants cross illegally into Mexico on a boat traveling along the San Pedro River just west of El Naranjo, Guatemala. Most illegal crossers on this stretch of the border are from neighboring Honduras, and their final destination is the United States. (Hector Tobar / Los Angeles Times)
A Guatemalan soldier on patrol in a nature reserve in the Peten region, which is heavily infiltrated by drug traffickers, immigrant smugglers and poachers. (Hector Tobar / Los Angeles Times)
Mario Cuc, a park ranger with Guatemala’s National Protected Areas Council, stands outside his post in San Andres, in the Peten region. The park rangers earn meager pay as they monitor the region’s national parks for people who poach fauna and tropical wood. (Hector Tobar / Los Angeles Times)
