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On Location: Ixtepec — Ruthless kidnappings on the migrant train
Mexican drug gangs promise murder if they don’t receive ransom money
Migrants face new dangers.
SERGIO HERNANDEZ VEGA
IXTEPEC — Last year there were 20,000 kidnappings of migrants trying to make their way across Mexico to the United States.