News24 | 'Dead people were left in the street': Mexicans desperate to escape the grip of violent cartels
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Thousands of Mexicans are fleeing their homes to seek asylum in the United States, fearing their children might be kidnapped by ultra-violent drug cartels to become hitmen or sex slaves.