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Narcos Threaten Hospital Staff

Doctors and interns assigned to areas with a strong presence of organized crime have been threatened, extorted, kidnapped and murdered without the benefit of  authorities of security and health to promptly protect them.  In some cases, narcos charge protection fees, and others threaten the doctors to meet with certain patients.

Source: Borderland Beat. Read full article. (link)

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