Following a rash of political assassinations, Magdalena Rosales campaigns with armed escorts in the metropolis of Celaya in Mexico.
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Following a rash of political assassinations, Magdalena Rosales campaigns with armed escorts in the metropolis of Celaya in Mexico.
Eyder Peralta/NPR
Mexico’s basic election might be held at the starting of June and it’ll mark the finish of a marketing campaign season of document violence. Some thirty candidates have been assassinated in the previous month. Our reporter goes to at least one of Mexico’s most violent cities to speak to candidates who’re courageous sufficient to run for workplace.
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