War on drugs in Mexico – level 1

25-05-2015 07:00

There are gangs in Mexico. They kill many people. Police fight the gangs.

There is a gun battle. Forty-two gang members die. One police officer dies, too. This is a bloody battle.

The name of this gang is “Jalisco New Generation”. It is a drug cartel. It is powerful.

Difficult words: gang (a group of criminals), bloody (when a lot of people get very hurt), drug cartel (a criminal organisation which sells drugs and does bad things).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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