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Surge in drug violence puts prosperity at risk in Monterrey, Mexico’s richest city

by Nick Miroff and and William Booth

When American baseball executives were looking for a place to move the struggling Montreal Expos franchise five years ago, Mexican investors brought them here, to this booming metropolis two hours south of the Texas border.

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