SEATTLE - Just five minutes away from the border with Guatemala, hundreds of Mexicans are fleeing the town of Amatenango la Frontera, in Chiapas, seeking refuge from drug cartel violence. One local farmer said that even the innocent are in great danger around the rural borderlands of southern Mexico.
"I left my home because of the shooting, and out of fear," said the farmer, who requested anonymity for his family's safety. "The cartels kill even the innocent." Just like the farmer, hundreds of people have also fled in search for a more peaceful life and have started to look for refuge in nearby Guatemalan towns.
