Guatemalans leave country for jobs in US

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 11 years ago
More than a million Guatemalans have left their home country to seek fortune in the United States.
  
But there is also a high price being paid for their families left behind.

Al Jazeera's David Mercer reports.
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