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A bloody civil war is ripping through one of the world’s most powerful drug cartels, just 600 miles from the US border. In the city of Culiacán, in western Mexico, thousands have been killed or disappeared since violence erupted a year ago. Reporter Tibisay Zea visits the city to hear how daily life has been reshaped by fear, grief and economic collapse.