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Old Jan 10, 2020 | 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by david55
There have been 7 murders in 9 days since the 1st of the year in SMA. ( One less than Chicago!).

Here is a video of an armed carjacking right outside the biggest department store in San Miguel on Wednesday. Notice how nonchalant it all goes down. The perpetrators have no fear of being caught.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck_TweYga7A
That is so sad!

There are many places in my birth country I’ve been that I’d not visit under current conditions. And unfortunately, law enforcement has in too many instances been totally co-opted by the cartels.
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