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Lynchings in Mexico are Linked to Viral Child-Kidnap Rumors

                  When Fake News Kills: Lynchings in Mexico are Linked to Viral Child-Kidnap Rumors On  September  2 1 ,  2 0 1 8 ,  the Los Angeles Times published an article by Patrick J.   Mcdonnell  and Cecilia Sanchez titled When fake news kills: Lynchings in Mexico are linked to viral child-kidnap rumors .              Patrick J. Mcdonnell is the Mexico City bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times and Cecilia Sanchez is a reporter in the Mexico City Bureau of the Los Angeles Times. This is quite a captivating article of child robbery on the impoverished corner of south-central Mexico.  A boy named Ricardo Flores had a dream like everyone else and it was terminated on the day he was attacked by a mob along with his uncle. They were brutally beaten and being burned alive but they aren't the only ones that have been attacked by mobs and in this case, they won't be the last. If you ar...