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Still others, just as exhausted by high murder and kidnapping rates, and having lost confidence in Mexican law enforcement often bought off by criminals, have started to lean toward welcoming U.S. troops.

But the prosecution rejected that claim, saying the combined effects of alcohol and a "fixation" with diazepam, which he was buying off the streets, had sent him into a violent rage.

"You're talking about drugs you buy off the street, you don't know what strain they are, you don't know the strength of them," she says.

The Joneses gave him a few thousand dollars to buy off the babysitter’s family.

That community has given back, beyond just buying off the Toy-Fu stall each year.