Looting hits Acapulco as Mexico storm death toll reaches 80




 
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Looting hits Acapulco as Mexico storm death toll reaches 80
 
September 19th, 2013  
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Looting hits Acapulco as Mexico storm death toll reaches 80
By Luis Enrique Martinez and Alberto Fajardo ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Looting broke out in the flooded Mexican beach resort of Acapulco as the government struggled to reach tens of thousands of people cut off by flooding that had claimed at least 80 lives by Wednesday. Stores were ransacked by looters who carried off everything from televisions to Christmas decorations after floodwaters wreaked havoc in the Pacific port that has experienced some of the worst storm damage to hit Mexico in years. ...




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