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Mexico: Religious sect blocks access to schools

A religious sect in Mexico is blocking access to public schools, claiming they are introducing vice into their community.

A girl wearing the style of clothes required by the Virgin of the Rosary sect in the Mexican state of Michoacan walks through the rubble of a primary school on July 18, 2012. The building was destroyed by conservative followers of the group, who claimed mainstream schools were introducing vice into their community.

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