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'Clausurado' — closed down. This iron mine in Aguililla, in Mexico's Michoacan state, is one of many victims of the cartel fight.

How Mexico’s cartel crackdown smashed its iron industry

Sep 22, 2014 ◇ Ioan Grillo/GlobalPost

A government offensive against the Knights Templar cartel has had the side effect of leaving thousands of miners out of work. Read more» 1

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