Child trafficking, exploitation and abuse in Guatemala: "What is happening is not a series of disconnected tragedies. It reflects deeper systemic failures"

In Guatemala, a persistent cycle of poverty, migration and violence puts many lives at risk. Especially alarming is that – hidden from view – an increasing number of young boys and adolescents feel forced to set off into the unknown entirely on their own, and prey to the worst the world can hurl at them. But there is, at last, a glimmer of hope...