Special Report: Drug cartel ‘narco-antennas’ make life dangerous for Mexico’s cell tower repairmen


  • World
  • Wednesday, 15 Jul 2020

FILE PHOTO: An armed soldier stands guard next to communication radios displayed to the media at a military base in Ciudad Juarez March 22, 2013. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The young technician shut off the electricity at a cellular tower in rural Mexico to begin some routine maintenance.

Within 10 minutes, he had company: three armed men dressed in fatigues emblazoned with the logo of a major drug cartel.

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