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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Harriet Barber in Rosario. Data and visuals by Ana Lucía González Paz, Lucy Swan & Harvey Symons. Additional photographs by Valerio Bispuri

‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocity

A young girl sobs among a crowd of mourners, some holding memorial photographs
Emma Jérez cries as she attends a march demanding justice after the murder of her cousin Máximo Jérez, 11, killed the previous weekend by gunmen in Rosario, Argentina, 10 March 2023. Photograph: Rodrigo Abd

Máximo Jérez was not on any hitlist. On his way home from a birthday party, the 11-year-old stopped to buy juice from a small store in the Los Pumitas district of Rosario, Argentina, unaware that narcos embroiled in a turf war were also on their way.

Witnesses say the gangsters showered bullets from a car, killing Máximo and injuring three other children.

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