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CAJEME, Mexico -- In the parched hills of southern Sonora, Marco Antonio Gutierrez paced around a clearing, counting the dead.

Lake Nicaragua Covering an area of 8,157 km 2, Lake Nicaragua is Central America’s largest freshwater lake, located in the southwestern part of Nicaragua. By area, it is also the world’s 20th largest lake and the tenth-largest lake in the Americas. The Indigenous Nicaraguan people named the lake Lago Cocibolca which means "sweet sea." Where Is Lake Nicaragua? Map of Lake Nicaragua.  Lake Nicaragua is located in the central portion of a tectonic valley, to the east of the Pacific lowlands...