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Why did a Mexican drug gang kill forty-three students? Text messages hold clues.

Posted by boxer_dogs_dance
Tags: mexico, crime.organized, trafficking.drug, cartels, gangs, murder, kidnappings, police, children, students, investigation, cold cases, military, deaths, author.natalie kitroeff, author.ronen bergman, source.the new york times, paywall
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/world/americas/mexico-iguala-students-kidnapping.html

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Sep 2 2023
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    ComicSans72
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    Ita weird how the word "mexico" is only in these headlines because of racism, and we all seem fine with it.

    Ita weird how the word "mexico" is only in these headlines because of racism, and we all seem fine with it.

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      This is a pretty infamous event. Referring to it as "Mexican" was enough for my memory to connect it back to other journalism I've read on the topic. Would it have been better if they listed the...

      This is a pretty infamous event. Referring to it as "Mexican" was enough for my memory to connect it back to other journalism I've read on the topic.

      Would it have been better if they listed the state in Mexico it happened in?

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