Highway Robberies Are Now Just Part of Doing Business in Mexico
The driver and another passenger were left stranded by the side of the road, unharmed except for some hearing damage from a warning shot the robbers fired. The band publicized the May 9 incident on social media and it was raised a few days later at President Claudia Sheinbaum's morning press briefing, where she called in the National Guard to investigate.
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