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Mexican city battered by drug gangs feels lure of truce

2012/10/29 12:24:04 @Reuters: World News

TORREON, Mexico (Reuters) - In a five-year struggle with Mexico's most notorious drug cartel, the city of Torreon has suffered a 16-fold increase in murders, fired its police department and lost control of its main prison to the gang.
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