Extortion is crippling businesses across Mexico, forcing many to shut down. A Mexico City shop owner shared his ordeal, which ...

Extortion is strangling businesses in Mexico. Much, but not all, of it is linked to Mexico's powerful organized crime groups.

Extortion is crippling businesses across Mexico, forcing many to shut down.

He Closed His Store After Years of Threats. Why Mexico's Extortion Problem Is Getting Worse MEXICO CITY (AP) — It started with a phone call to a men’s clothing store in the heart of Mexico ...

It started with a phone call to a men’s clothing store in the heart of Mexico City’s historic center. “I need you to put together 10,000 pesos ($500) for me weekly, or else we’ll have to ...

Extortion is crippling businesses across Mexico, forcing many to shut down. A Mexico City shop owner shared his ordeal, which began in 2019 with threatening calls demanding payments. Over the ...

Why Mexico's extortion problem is getting worse Extortion is crippling businesses across Mexico, forcing many to shut down By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ - Associated Press Jul 11, 2025 Updated 6 mins ago 0 ...

Reported extortion cases are only a small fraction of the reality. Mexico's National Institute for Statistics and Geography estimated that some 97% of extortion cases were not reported in 2023.