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Cecilia Farfán-Méndez

A Mexican tourist souvenir placed by a well-wisher sits on barriers blocking the entrance to the Blue Parrot club, where several people were killed in early morning gunfire, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Deadly gunfire broke out in the crowded beachfront nightclub throbbing with electronic music before dawn on Monday, setting off a bloody stamped by screaming concertgoers at an international festival in this Caribbean resort.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) (AP)

Rising suicides in Mexico expose the mental health toll of living with extreme, chronic violence

Cecilia Farfán-Méndez