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Patrick Wood

The cartels flexed their power in Tijuana — and now the battle for influence is on

Members of the National Guard patrol a beach in Playas de Tijuana on August 16. (Toya Sarno Jordan for NPR)

TIJUANA, Mexico — Moses Zazueta Ramirez was at home last Friday when he started getting messages from his mom and seeing the chaos unfold on social media.

A drug cartel had hijacked and burned more than a dozen vehicles across his home city of Tijuana, and rumors spread that they had announced a curfew. Step outside tonight and there would be trouble, was the story doing the rounds.

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