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No Coke, no Pepsi: Bottlers leave Mexican city hit by crime
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 6/13/18 | MARK STEVENSON

Posted on 06/13/2018 7:20:08 PM PDT by Kartographer

Mexicans are among the biggest soda drinkers in the world, so residents of the southern city of Ciudad Altamirano were hit hard when first Coca-Cola then Pepsi closed their distribution centers amid drug gang extortion demands.

To paraphrase an old Saturday Night Live routine, it's "No Coke, no Pepsi" for the city in the steamy southern state of Guerrero.

"Soft drinks form a part of our diet, people drink them in their homes, so imagine when the two main distributors in the whole region practically leave," Guerrero state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said Wednesday. "It's huge."

PepsiCo Mexico said in a statement: "Our bottler Grupo Gepp made the difficult decision to suspend their operations in Ciudad Altamirano because the necessary conditions to distribute its products did not exist. PepsiCo respects the decision."

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All that sugar is bad for them anyway
1 posted on 06/13/2018 7:20:09 PM PDT by Kartographer
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Gangs comming to a neighborhood near you with open borders and dreamers.


2 posted on 06/13/2018 7:24:22 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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To: Kartographer

There is a hostile criminal armed terror group in Mexico.
There is a government tradition of an aristocratic elite enriching themselves and ignoring the wellbeing of the populace.

A civil war is coming, and we had better be ready for Mariel times 1000.


3 posted on 06/13/2018 7:25:53 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Kartographer

“Mexicans are among the biggest soda drinkers in the world...”

Pikers. I wear a medical alert bracelet that reads =>

IF FOUND UNCONCIOUS ADMINISTER 1 LITER OF DIET COKE STAT


5 posted on 06/13/2018 7:28:21 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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With the players in the equation, there is no way to fix Mexico without massive violence, and likely US involvement.
I have a feeling this is gonna get far worse than anyone imagines.
And a lot of GOP jerks will rue the day they didn’t build a defensible wall.


6 posted on 06/13/2018 7:28:35 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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"drug gangs extortion demands"

That the bottlers change from corn syrup to cane sugar?

Sorry, y'all are not Dublin, Texas.

7 posted on 06/13/2018 7:31:10 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Deaf Smith

Off topic, but Mexican Coke, made from cane sugar is far superior to U.S stuff, made with high fructose corn syrup. I drink and serve it all the time.


8 posted on 06/13/2018 7:37:27 PM PDT by Ace's Dad ("America is Great because America is Good " - Alexis de Tocqueville)
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And its in glass bottles too.


9 posted on 06/13/2018 7:42:41 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Democracy: The cliff's edge of Marxism)
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To: Ace's Dad
Did not know that.

Have no intent to go to Mexico to find out.

10 posted on 06/13/2018 7:42:45 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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Did someone mention coke? Oh wait a minute... Latka Brownies
11 posted on 06/13/2018 7:48:35 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: Deaf Smith

I get it at Big Lots for a dollar a bottle...tastes like it did when I was a kid!


12 posted on 06/13/2018 7:49:03 PM PDT by W. (.44 Magnum. No further questions needed.)
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Can you say Nancy Pelosi BFF MS-13?! I knew you could!!


13 posted on 06/13/2018 7:49:53 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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Of course Nancy relates with MS13, Democrats have been shaking down Big Business for years. How else can they afford multi million dollar Mansions on a 150 grand a year salary.

Nancy somehow saved up a few hundred million...


14 posted on 06/13/2018 7:59:31 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: W.

I will stay with ‘green’ DR Pepper that I buy for $4 per 12 pack of cans.


15 posted on 06/13/2018 8:01:03 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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They need to get it done before 2026.


16 posted on 06/13/2018 8:01:44 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: Deaf Smith

They are in all our grocery stores now, in the international sections.


17 posted on 06/13/2018 8:03:16 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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Are they threatening to put the Coca back in the Cola and add some Pep to Pepsi?

j/k


18 posted on 06/13/2018 8:07:00 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Deaf Smith

In MI, Kroger’s and Target both carry Mexican coke. Maybe more.


19 posted on 06/13/2018 8:09:15 PM PDT by Ace's Dad ("America is Great because America is Good " - Alexis de Tocqueville)
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'Green' Cane sugar Texas DR Pepper for this Texan.

No, it will not be found in some sort of international section.

20 posted on 06/13/2018 8:15:28 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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