Ecatepec Central de Abastos: Merchants Victims of Extortion
Ecatepec, State of Mexico—The standoff between merchants at the Ecatepec Central de Abasto (wholesale market) and the State of Mexico Attorney General’s Office (FGJEM) escalated on Tuesday after producers, merchants, property owners, and business owners rejected—during an assembly—claims by the Prosecutor’s Office that they were victims of extortion or other crimes within the market complex. … Read more