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Tropical storm bears down on Mexico

MEXICO CITY: A tropical storm bore down on Mexico’s Pacific coast Tuesday, likely strengthening to a hurricane bringing life-threatening heavy rains in the days to come, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. By lunchtime Tuesday, storm Erick had reached maximum sustained winds of nearly 50 miles (85 kilometers) an hour with higher gusts, according…

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Second Mexico mayor gunned down in two days

MEXICO CITY: A Mexican woman mayor was shot dead on Tuesday in the western state of Michoacan, two days after the female mayor of a town in the country’s south was gunned down in her office. Martha Laura Mendoza, mayor of the town of Tepalcatepec, was murdered together with her husband, Michoacan public prosecutor’s office…

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