No Coke, No Pepsi: Bottlers Leave Mexican City Hit By Crime

Mexicans are among the biggest soda drinkers in the world, so residents of the southern city of Ciudad Altamirano were hit hard when first Coca-Cola then Pepsi closed their distribution centers amid drug gang extortion demands. To paraphrase an old Saturday Night Live routine, it's "No Coke, no Pepsi'' for the city in the steamy southern state of Guerrero. "Soft drinks form a part of our diet, people drink them in their homes, so imagine when the two main...

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