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His assassination on Saturday night sparked outrage and protests in the hub of Mexico’s multibillion-dollar avocado and lime export industry, long targeted by extortion rackets.

In recent months, Manzo had taken to national media to ask the federal government for more help in fighting gangs that ran extortion rackets across western Mexico for years.

If literary biography is a racket, this is the honorable version: one that knows when to let the sentences speak.

You don’t have teammates, a racket or a ball.

The partnership asked for kit including trainers, shorts, tracksuits, running kit, football and rugby boots, along with specialist equipment such as tennis rackets.

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