rackets
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The gang’s top boss may be convicted and sent to federal custody, but the rackets go on.
From Los Angeles Times
She’s remained on top as technology like foam injected composite rackets has lifted pickleball from Tupperware flurries to intense athletic slugfests.
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.
The partnership asked for kit including trainers, shorts, tracksuits, running kit, football and rugby boots, along with specialist equipment such as tennis rackets.
From BBC
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