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On El Chapo's trail

Wednesday 28 October 2015

When the Mexican military launched a raid in the remote mountains in northwest Mexico recently as part of its hunt to recapture fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, hundreds of civilians fled what they called “a rain of bullets” from the marine helicopters.

Video journalist Daphne Lemelin reports on what an AFP team found when it went to investigate.

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Dreams crushed by a beast

Tuesday 28 July 2015

PALENQUE, Mexico, July 28, 2015 – It is 35 degrees out, and the humidity is close to 100 percent. We are tracking a freight train known as “La Bestia” (The Beast), as it rumbles from the southern border of Mexico towards the United States. This train is part of the history of migration. Hundreds of thousands have ridden it in pursuit of their American dream. Many have been attacked, robbed, mutilated or even killed in the process.

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