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Aug 13, 2011, 12:47 PM

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Wealthy Mexicans fly, rather than drive, to Texas

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McALLEN, Texas (AP) — As drug violence rises, Mexicans with means accustomed to making weekend jaunts to Texas are increasingly taking to the skies to bypass one of their country's deadliest states.

Less than two years ago, trips from the industrial hub of Monterrey to visit family or shop here were so common that they had their own Spanish verb: "vamos a McAllear." But as the drug cartels battled for control of lucrative routes into the U.S., those straightforward 2½-hour sprints along an empty highway became white-knuckled affairs that weighed lives against entertainment. For Mexicans with resources, flying has become a popular option.

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