In Mexico, the bloody battle to defeat the country’s powerful drug cartels is reeking havoc on formerly tranquil towns. Daylight shootings, kidnappings and extorion are becoming increasingly common. This is the case in Camargo, Chihuahua � Monica Ortiz Uribe visited the town six hours south of the Texas border.
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