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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Janetsky and Fernanda Pesce

Drones, bullets and cartel warfare fuel an invisible displacement crisis in Mexico

APTOPIX Mexico Violence - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

When bombs fell from the sky and bullets ricocheted off her concrete floors, 74-year-old María Cabrera and her family fled into the night-cloaked mountains of central Mexico with only the clothes on their backs.

A week later, Cabrera picks through the charred scraps of her life, salvaging pots, woven cloths and a small wooden cross. She knows that it's the last time she'll return to her home of 60 years.

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