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Notorious US mobster, Al Capone
Booking photo of gangster Al Capone as he entered Alcatraz prison on August 22, 1934. In 1938, Capone was transferred from Alcatraz to another prison, where he was released in November 1939. He died in Florida on January 25, 1947. - In the “roaring twenties,” Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, “protection” rackets, and murder. Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano. About 1920, at Torrio’s invitation, Capone joined Torrio in Chicago where he had become an influential lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The rackets spawned by enactment of the Prohibition Amendment, illegal brewing, distilling and distribution of beer and liquor, were viewed as “growth industries.” In 1925, Capone became boss when Torrio, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. Capone had built a fearsome reputation in the ruthless gang rivalries of the period, struggling to acquire and retain “racketeering rights” to several areas of Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929, might be regarded as the culminating violence of the Chicago gang era, as seven members or associates of the “Bugs” Moran mob were machine-gunned against a garage wall by rivals posing as police. The massacre was generally ascribed to the Capone mob, although Al himself was in Florida. (POLARIS)
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Notorious US mobster, Al Capone
Mug shot of Al Capone in Alcatraz prison circa 1934. - In the “roaring twenties,” Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, “protection” rackets, and murder. Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano. About 1920, at Torrio’s invitation, Capone joined Torrio in Chicago where he had become an influential lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The rackets spawned by enactment of the Prohibition Amendment, illegal brewing, distilling and distribution of beer and liquor, were viewed as “growth industries.” In 1925, Capone became boss when Torrio, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. Capone had built a fearsome reputation in the ruthless gang rivalries of the period, struggling to acquire and retain “racketeering rights” to several areas of Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929, might be regarded as the culminating violence of the Chicago gang era, as seven members or associates of the “Bugs” Moran mob were machine-gunned against a garage wall by rivals posing as police. The massacre was generally ascribed to the Capone mob, although Al himself was in Florida. (POLARIS)
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Notorious US mobster, Al Capone
Mug shot of Al Capone in Alcatraz prison circa 1934. - In the “roaring twenties,” Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, “protection” rackets, and murder. Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano. About 1920, at Torrio’s invitation, Capone joined Torrio in Chicago where he had become an influential lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The rackets spawned by enactment of the Prohibition Amendment, illegal brewing, distilling and distribution of beer and liquor, were viewed as “growth industries.” In 1925, Capone became boss when Torrio, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. Capone had built a fearsome reputation in the ruthless gang rivalries of the period, struggling to acquire and retain “racketeering rights” to several areas of Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929, might be regarded as the culminating violence of the Chicago gang era, as seven members or associates of the “Bugs” Moran mob were machine-gunned against a garage wall by rivals posing as police. The massacre was generally ascribed to the Capone mob, although Al himself was in Florida. (POLARIS)
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Notorious US mobster, Al Capone
Booking photo of gangster Al Capone as he entered Alcatraz prison on August 22, 1934. In 1938, Capone was transferred from Alcatraz to another prison, where he was released in November 1939. He died in Florida on January 25, 1947. - In the “roaring twenties,” Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery, “protection” rackets, and murder. Born of an immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in January 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang, becoming accepted as a member. Johnny Torrio was the street gang leader and among the other members was Lucky Luciano. About 1920, at Torrio’s invitation, Capone joined Torrio in Chicago where he had become an influential lieutenant in the Colosimo mob. The rackets spawned by enactment of the Prohibition Amendment, illegal brewing, distilling and distribution of beer and liquor, were viewed as “growth industries.” In 1925, Capone became boss when Torrio, seriously wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and retired to Brooklyn. Capone had built a fearsome reputation in the ruthless gang rivalries of the period, struggling to acquire and retain “racketeering rights” to several areas of Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929, might be regarded as the culminating violence of the Chicago gang era, as seven members or associates of the “Bugs” Moran mob were machine-gunned against a garage wall by rivals posing as police. The massacre was generally ascribed to the Capone mob, although Al himself was in Florida. (POLARIS)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: DAVID ARQUETTE at the 'Mob Cops' Premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cop' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: Model YASMIN DEPLIDGE at the 'Mob Cop' Premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: Manasvi Mamgai at the Mob Cop Premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: EMILE HIRSCH at the 'Mob Cop' Premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cop' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: Courtney Courtney Mazza Lopez, Mario Lopez at the Mob Cop Premiere at Harmony Gold on April 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cop' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: Model YASMIN DEPLIDGE at the 'Mob Cop' Premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles. (Credit Image: © Kay Blake/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: NATALIE BURN at the 'Mob Cops' premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles, California (Credit Image: © Kathy Hutchins via ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: YASMIN DEPLIDGE at the 'Mob Cops' premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles, California (Credit Image: © Kathy Hutchins via ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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'Mob Cops' Los Angeles Premiere
April 23, 2025, Los Angeles, California, USA: MANASVI MAMGAI at the 'Mob Cops' premiere at Harmony Gold in Los Angeles, California (Credit Image: © Kathy Hutchins via ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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NYC Jewish population calls for an end to anti-Semitism
June 24, 2024 - New York, NY USA: A group rallied otuside of Distraict Atttorney Alvin Bragg's Manhattan offices demanding that any violence against Jews to be prosectued. One Hogan Place, NYC. (Matthew McDermott/POLARIS) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) -
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FEATURE - Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Kultfilm "The Godfather" Premiere: Das Haus der "Corleones"
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The house that was used as the Corleone Compound for the 1972 production of the iconic film "The Godfather" remains in similar conditiion as it was 50 years ago as the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie approaches on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in New York City. The film debuted on March 24, 1972 and set box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando and launching the career of Al Pacino while winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Godfather 50th Anniversary, Staten Island, New York, United States - 22 Mar 2022
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FEATURE - Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Kultfilm "The Godfather" Premiere: Das Haus der "Corleones"
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock (12862269d)
The house that was used as the Corleone Compound for the 1972 production of the iconic film "The Godfather" remains in similar conditiion as it was 50 years ago as the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie approaches on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in New York City. The film debuted on March 24, 1972 and set box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando and launching the career of Al Pacino while winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Godfather 50th Anniversary, Staten Island, New York, United States - 22 Mar 2022
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FEATURE - Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Kultfilm "The Godfather" Premiere: Das Haus der "Corleones"
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock (12862269c)
The house that was used as the Corleone Compound for the 1972 production of the iconic film "The Godfather" remains in similar conditiion as it was 50 years ago as the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie approaches on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in New York City. The film debuted on March 24, 1972 and set box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando and launching the career of Al Pacino while winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Godfather 50th Anniversary, Staten Island, New York, United States - 22 Mar 2022
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FEATURE - Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Kultfilm "The Godfather" Premiere: Das Haus der "Corleones"
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock (12862269b)
The house that was used as the Corleone Compound for the 1972 production of the iconic film "The Godfather" remains in similar conditiion as it was 50 years ago as the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie approaches on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in New York City. The film debuted on March 24, 1972 and set box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando and launching the career of Al Pacino while winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Godfather 50th Anniversary, Staten Island, New York, United States - 22 Mar 2022
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FEATURE - Vor 50 Jahren hatte der Kultfilm "The Godfather" Premiere: Das Haus der "Corleones"
Mandatory Credit: Photo by John Angelillo/UPI/Shutterstock (12862269a)
The house that was used as the Corleone Compound for the 1972 production of the iconic film "The Godfather" remains in similar conditiion as it was 50 years ago as the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie approaches on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 in New York City. The film debuted on March 24, 1972 and set box office records, revitalizing the career of Marlon Brando and launching the career of Al Pacino while winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
Godfather 50th Anniversary, Staten Island, New York, United States - 22 Mar 2022
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Mexican troops arrive in El Aguaje as part of efforts to wrestle back control of Mexico’s highly strategic hot lands from the drug cartels. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Guardian
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Mexican troops arrive in El Aguaje as part of efforts to wrestle back control of Mexico’s highly strategic hot lands from the drug cartels. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Guardian
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Mexican troops arrive in El Aguaje as part of efforts to wrestle back control of Mexico’s highly strategic hot lands from the drug cartels. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Guardian
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Father Gilberto Vergara, a Catholic priest in the municipality to which El Limoncito belongs, said it was impossible to know how many lives had been lost in the ongoing battle for the region. Photograph: Emilio Espejel/The Guardian
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.A few miles out of town, hot land residents had built a roadside shrine to Jude the Apostle, the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.In Aguililla, a picturesque town 25 miles south of Limoncito, troops had occupied the main plaza and were offering free haircuts and check-ups in a bid to win hearts and minds in a community for decades under cartel control.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.The abandoned home of a watermelon farmer in El Limoncito, a Mexican village destroyed by the arrival of the country’s drug conflict.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.The abandoned home of a watermelon farmer in El Limoncito, a Mexican village destroyed by the arrival of the country’s drug conflict.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.The abandoned home of a watermelon farmer in El Limoncito, a Mexican village destroyed by the arrival of the country’s drug conflict.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.A vehicle blocks the rural road out of El Limoncito towards a region soldiers warned had been peppered with land mines by cartel operatives.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Abandoned homes in the Mexican village of El Limoncito – a rural backwater that has been transformed into a ghost town by Mexico’s drug conflict and a deadly struggle for power between two cartels.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Inside a Kindergarten over a whiteboard, an intruder has scribbled a tribute to one of Mexico’s most wanted men. “Pura Gente Del Sen?or de los Gallos,” it says, in reference to El Mencho’s nickname: “The Lord of the Roosters”.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.Graffiti pays homage to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation cartel in an abandoned home in El Limoncito.
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Battle-scarred ghost town bears mute witness to Mexico’s drug wars. The army has reclaimed the village school that became a battlefield but few believe gangs’ bloody reign has ended
Those who knew El Limoncito remember a welcoming and industrious community of lime farmers who poured their sweat into the soils of Mexico’s sun-baked backlands in search of a better life. Then the drug conflict exploded and everything changed. The village’s primary school found itself on the frontline of a six-hour Monday morning gunfight that sparked a ferocious two-year struggle for control of the area. As gunmen from two rival cartels – armed with .50-calibre sniper rifles and improvised tanks – fought pitched battles for El Limoncito’s dusty streets, locals fled, leaving behind everything they had. “It was all-out war,” remembered one former resident, who asked not to be named for fear of being killed. El Limoncito’s deserted schoolhouse became a base for fighters from one of the warring factions – then a blood-spattered graveyard after their enemies stormed its classrooms in an attempt to retake the village. Family homes became makeshift forts used to spray invaders with gunfire. The pale yellow chapel was peppered with bullets and robbed of its flock.A vehicle blocks the rural road out of El Limoncito towards a region soldiers warned had been peppered with land mines by cartel operatives.
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