Guatemala ? The fate of a U.N.-backed initiative to fight organized crime hangs in the balance in Guatemala, where legislators will decide this week whether to scrap a plan to create an international team of investigators to aid the country’s beleaguered criminal justice system.

The government of President Oscar Berger reached an agreement with United Nations officials in December to create the International Commission Against Impunity.

But earlier this month, a key congressional committee voted against allowing the commission to operate on Guatemalan soil.