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							<title>Mexican Mayoral Candidate Bertha Gisela Gaytán Gutiérrez Assassinated</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[The 38-year-old mayoral candidate for the city of Celaya was shot dead during a rally.]]></description>
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							<title>Ecuador Declares State of Emergency After Drug Cartel Kingpin Prison Break</title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 22:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Ecuador is in a national state of emergency after drug lord Jose Adolfo Macias escaped prison.]]></description>
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							<title>Mexican Female News Anchor Receives Death Threats from Cartel</title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 19:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Femicide and violence against women continues throughout Latin America at startling rates and now a cartel in Mexico is threatening the life of a female news anchor because of her coverage. Earlier this week a video was released showing six masked men claiming to represent Ruben Oseguera Cervantes aka “El Mencho,” the leader of the]]></description>
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							<title>19 Bodies Found Shot and Burned Near Mexico Border May Include Indigenous Guatemalan Migrants</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Migration is on the rise on the border partially due to the economic toll of the pandemic and now it&#8217;s feared migrants were caught in the crossfires of cartel violence. Mexican authorities found 19 bodies that had been shot and burned bodies in Camargo, a town across the Rio Grande from Texas. The Tamaulipas state]]></description>
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							<title>El Marro, Leader of Guanajuato Cartel, Arrested in Mexico</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 16:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Cartel leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz aka &#8220;El Marro&#8221; (the sledgehammer) was arrested on Sunday in the north-central state of Guanajuato by Federal and state authorities. The leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima cartel, 40, is notorious for stealing millions in fuel from government pipelines, up to $2 million a day the New York]]></description>
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							<title>Children in Mexico Are Joining a Self-Defense Militia in Response to Cartel Violence</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 18:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Children in a remote, mountainous region in Mexico&#8217;s Guerrero state are training to defend their homes as part of their local volunteer police group. CNN&#8217;s Natalie Gallón reports that kids between the ages of 6-12 have begun training about two months ago as part of CRAC-PC (Regional Coordination of Community Authorities &#8211; Community Police). The]]></description>
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							<title>Mexico’s Avocado Industry Facing Cartel Takeover</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[America&#8217;s love and obsession with avocados has literally caused violence to surge in Mexico as cartels fight to profit from the multi-billion dollar industry. Criminal group the Viagras have been clearing the forest in Michoacan to set up a new operation to grow avocados (&#8220;green gold&#8221; among locals) as the fight against drug violence has]]></description>
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							<title>J.Lo Will Portray Colombian Drug Lord Griselda Blanco in &#8216;The Godmother&#8217;</title>
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							<dc:creator><![CDATA[Virginia Isaad]]></dc:creator>
							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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															<description><![CDATA[Jennifer Lopez is transforming into the &#8220;Cocaine Queen&#8221; for her next role in the upcoming film The Godmother. Aside from starring in the film, J.Lo is also producing it alongside Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, and Julie Yorn. There are also talks that she may be making her directorial debut. The Godmother is based on the]]></description>
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