Mexican tourist hotspot under siege as armed drug gangs shoot and burn in the streets

The major tourist hotspot is currently on lockdown as violent drug gangs rampage through the streets burning and shooting, following the slaying of a cartel drug lord in an army operation earlier in the day


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