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Virtual classrooms keep students safe from gang wars in rural Mexico

Students and teachers in rural Mexico who have been forced to stay at home because of gang warfare have come up with a novel idea to continue their education.

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Of the 58 drug cartels known to be active in Mexico today, at least 30 operate in Guerrero State, and much of their turf war takes place in the town of Chilapa, where the locals are often unsure if they will make it to the day's end without getting caught in the crossfire.

With organised crime fighting for territory in the streets of rural Mexico, drug trafficking gangs have been demanding that teachers and parents keep away from school buildings while they settle their turf war.

Parents have been too scared to bring their children to school, while teachers have also received death threats.

But schools in Chilapa have found a virtual solution - holding class over WhatsApp.

TRT World's Alasdair Baverstock reports from Chilapa.