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The killing of Mexico's most wanted cartel leader on Sunday sparked genuine unrest. Loyalists of El Mencho, head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, responded by erecting roadblocks, torching vehicles, and attacking petrol stations. But this chaos was then amplified online by a coordinated propaganda campaign, spreading false accounts of spectacular violence
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