Kimpatsu Hekigan
Mar 18, 2012, 8:20 PM
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In Mexico, extortion is a booming offshoot of drug war
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Tracy Wilkinson, the Mexico City bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, has a story in today's online edition on the problem of extortion in Mexico:
In Mexico, extortion is a booming offshoot of drug war
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It's not just the business sector.
Last month, priests from 19 Roman Catholic parishes in the state of Mexico, which surrounds this capital, went to authorities to beg for protection from gunmen who appeared at their churches and demanded monthly payments.
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