When fake news kills: Lynchings in Mexico are linked to viral child-kidnap rumors
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World When fake news kills: Lynchings in Mexico are linked to viral child-kidnap rumors Jose Guadalupe Flores, 16, younger brother of lynching victim Ricardo Flores, at a shrine for his brother outside the family home. (Cecilia Sanchez / For The Times) Ricardo Flores’ goal was to study hard, become a lawyer and earn enough so that his parents could return from the United States — the destination of multitudes from this impoverished corner of south-central Mexico. “Ricardo always said that once he was working, he was going to tell my mom to come back, because he missed her so much,” recalled his younger brother, Jose Guadalupe Flores, 16. Advertisement That dream came...