Luis Tomas Marthen Torres, a warlock, performs a ritual of protection to Julisa del Carmen in the town of Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico, Oct. 19, 2011. In the midst of a violent streak in the state of Veracruz, witchery protection against extortion and help locating kidnapped kin have become the leading demands from clients, practitioners say. (Rodrigo Cruz/The New York Times)
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