Businessman Franklin Torres received an eerie Whatsapp message on a recent Sunday evening. “Good evening Franki, this is the Jalisco New Generation”  (name of a Mexican drugs cartel) the message read, in barely intelligible Spanish. “If you block me, you’ll get into problems. I need $6,000– I’m watching you, your wife and kids.” Torres, a […]

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