Mexico sends a thousand more troops to Michoacan state following weekend of cartel violence
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Drug cartels are wreaking havoc in the Michoacan state of Mexico. The government has deployed 1,200 more troops to contain the widespread violence.
A Defense Department statement said the soldiers and National Guard members were deployed over the weekend. It said they were ordered to prevent cartels from blocking any more roads, "so that people can go about their business normally."
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