Just 6 months ago in the US people were having vacant housed broken in to steal copper wire, pipes, etc. So it isn't just in poor countries where this happens...No, I'm not getting on a polictical soapbox, but look in our own backyard at what gets stolen. There was a post a while back about stuff getting stolen from the EBT.
The question I have, is where do these folks (in Guatemala) sell that stuff? I didn't think there was a steel mill of any size that melted scrap, but someone is buhing. Export to China????