Mexico City
CNN
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Gadi Mokotov makes cars bulletproof. Living in Mexico City, he sees all sorts of demands for armored vehicles – from military trucks and secretive government vehicles to the Cadillacs of the capital’s high rollers and even 10-year-old Hondas.
As criminal violence ticks up across the country, the lines for his services have grown longer – and more of his customized cars are coming back for repairs with bullet pocks and shattered windows.
“We are living in a war,” he told CNN. “A war with the cartels.”
Despite the efforts of successive governments to combat Mexico’s deeply entrenched cartels, tens of thousands of…
