Mexico's leading presidential candidate is stopped by masked men at checkpoint
In Mexico a group of masked people in the state of Chiapas stopped a leading Presidential candidate at a checkpoint. The incident comes amid a spate of political assassinations.
by Eyder Peralta
Apr 22, 2024
2 minutes
MEXICO CITY -Mexico is a country in the midst of a deadly turf war between rival cartels and government security forces.
One of the symbols of that turf war are checkpoints. Sometimes they are run by municipal police or the military, other times they are run by mysterious masked men. They usually ask you a few questions, take a few notes and
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