The world’s largest Coke bottler is shutting down operations in one of Mexico’s most violent states because of constant attacks

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• The world’s largest bottler of Coke shuttered its operations in a town in southwest Mexico on Friday.
• Coca-Cola Femsa said the shutdown was prompted by constant aggression from organized-crime groups.
• Attacks on big companies and multinationals have been rare in Mexico in the decade since the country ramped up its war on drugs and organized crime.

Coca-Cola Femsa, the world’s largest Coke bottler, said on Friday it was indefinitely shutting down operations in Ciudad Altamirano, a town at the northern edge of Mexico’s Guerrero state, because of harassment from organized crime and a lack of response by authorities.

“The measure was taken to put first the security of more than 160 workers who work in the distribution center,” the firm said in a release. “The lack of necessary conditions to operate in an efficient and secure manner in this zone … as well as the recent unjustified aggression toward one of our workers, led the company to make this decision.”

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