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At Least 23 Dead After Suspected Arson Attack in Southern Mexico

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   At least 23 people are dead after a fire at a bar in southern Mexico
   that authorities say was deliberately set.

   Investigators say a group of attackers entered the Caballo Blanco bar
   in the port city of Coatzacoalcos and threw gasoline-filled bombs known
   as Molotov cocktails. Another 13 people were wounded in the fire.

   Veracruz state Governor Cuitlahuac Garcia suggested the fire was a
   result of a dispute between gangs.

   The Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, which is a strategic transit point
   for drug traffickers shipping their product north to the United States,
   and a focal point of violent turf wars between gangs and rival drug
   cartels.

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