Acapulco

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<p><strong>ACAPULCO, Gro.</strong> — Al menos nueve niños guerrerenses han muerto por hambre o atropellados, en campos agrícolas del norte del país, donde unas 40 mil familias completas emigran cada año en busca de un mejor futuro, expulsados de sus paraísos, saqueados en sus recursos naturales, con violencia creciente y desatención gubernamental.</p>

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<p>Many colorful personalities have shared the shade of Acapulco’s Café Astoria. Mayors, politicians, artists, famous singers, writers, tourists, journalists, and revolutionaries of all stripes have all sipped the Guerrero-grown coffee that’s served under the canopy of the gargantuan amate tree embracing a corner of the city’s Zocalo, or historic plaza. But no “guest” has stood out like the bull that stormed into the café one day in November of 1990.</p>

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<p>There was something almost reassuring in hearing the Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” rising from the bus sound system as the driver lumbered into what has now been tagged as the world’s second most murderous city. Indeed, the sounds and images of the Fab Four kept surfacing in the sea of red roses, balloons and “I Love You” messages in English that innundated Acapulco, Mexico, during “The Month of Love.”</p>

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As the administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon enters its final weeks, parts of Mexico remain awash in blood from the so-called narco war. And Mexico’s old beach resort of Acapulco is among the most violent places. Practically on a daily basis, executions, shoot-outs and the discovery of dismembered bodies disturb the social peace.

The state of Guerrero’s biggest city, Acapulco is a hub of violence that extends into the countryside and reverberates back into the Pacific port city.