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MORELIA Morelia (mōrā`lyä), city (1990 pop. 489,756), capital of Michoacán state, W Mexico. It is the commercial and processing center of an irrigated agricultural and cattle-raising area. , Mexico--Catholic bishops in western Mexico called for three days of prayer for an end to drug-cartel violence that has engulfed the state of Michoacan. "In the name of God, 'Enough death already,'" seven Michoacan bishops said in a July 16 statement.

A cartel known as La Familia This article is about the Polish political party. For other uses, see Familia (disambiguation).
Familia ("The Family," from the Romain familia
 launched a series of audacious attacks, including the torture torture, the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering in order to intimidate, coerce, obtain information or a confession, or punish.  and murder of 12 federal police officers, in retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and  for the arrest of one of its leaders. More than 5,500 troops were dispatched to Michoacan in response. More than 12,000 have died in Mexico's drug wars since 2006.
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Title Annotation:signs of the times
Author:Clarke, Kevin
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Date:Sep 1, 2009
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