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Pope preach in mexico

He urged the congregation to rid Mexico of drug dealer "merchants of death". Ecatepec, with 1.6 million inhabitants, is notorious for drug violence, kidnappings and gangland-style killings, particularly of women. The Pope was speaking at the biggest scheduled event of his visit to Mexico. Throughout his trip he has condemned the evils of forced emigration and drugs, urging Mexico's leaders to provide "true justice" to suffering citizensOn Monday, he visits Mexico's poorest and least Roman Catholic region, the indigenous state of Chiapas in the south of the country. The following day he heads to the capital of Michoacan, a western state also scarred by drug violence. The Pope concludes his five-day trip in Ciudad Juarez on the US border, a city which has been blighted by drug-related murders. A mass there will highlight the plight of migrants.

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