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Squeezed by deadly drug gangs, legalizing drugs gains ground in Central America.
A police officer from an anti-narcotics unit checks packages part of a seizure of 3.6 tons of marijuana seized to criminal gangs in the municipality of Tulua, shown during a press conference in Cali, Colombia, on Feb. 15, 2012.
Guatemalan President Otto Perez has re-invigorated the drug debate by suggesting the trade should be legalized in Central America.