extortion

It would be ideal to increase the requirements to purchase cellphones

On its 76 years of dark history, Topo Chico prison witnessed tens of vicious riots, escapes, overcrowding, and confrontations

Mexico City’s Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice said that despite the upturn of those crimes, there is a falling trend in several others, result of the safety measures recently implemented in the capital

In some cases, migrants are forced to trade sex for food in order to survive

Carlos Ahumada Kurtz was at the center of a corruption scandal in Mexico back in 2004; he is accused of extortion, fraud, and forgery by the FGR and had an Interpol notice in 190 countries

The report concludes that “Mexico arguably has the most extensive migrant kidnapping and extortion problem globally”

Emiliano Salinas denied being involved with the group DOS, a criminal organization led by Keith Raniere

300 mine workers protested outside the local Congress and asked local lawmakers to help solve the issue

Through this method, the criminal doesn't need to attack its victim, they use intimidation methods to obtain money, which often becomes a monthly extortion

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