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Very risky job: Mexico’s top drug fighter

Omar Garcia Harfuch, Mexico’s new drug czar, has already been shot three times by wouldbe cartel assassins in 2020, when he was the police chief of Mexico City.But instead of switching to a safer profession, one with a longer average life expectancy, Garcia is now leading Mexico’s charge against the drug cartels who are growing richer by the day.Over the past 15-plus years, Mexican drug cartels have transformed the once placid, tranquil country into one of tears and heartbreak for much of its citizenry by simply escalating extreme violence, fragmenting into more brutal factions, deeply embedding corruption in government, assassinating ...

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