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August 16, 2010

23 Killed in Mexico; Grenade Hits Monterrey TV Station
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In Mexico, at least twenty-three people were killed in drug violence in
the border state of Chihuahua over the weekend, including thirteen
people in Ciudad Juárez. Meanwhile, in the city of Monterrey, the
television station Televisa was attacked on Sunday when a grenade was
thrown at the station. At least two people were injured. It was the
third attack in the past three months against an affiliate of Televisa,
Mexico’s leading television network.



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