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Pedro Meraz says living in Colima, Mexico, was like living in a war zone, with shootings, burning cars, and bodies being left outside of schools.

When his wife Rocio Gonzalez, a lawyer who worked with abused women, began receiving death threats from a cartel and the local authorities ignored her pleas for assistance, they knew they had to leave.

“They knew where we lived and what car we drove,” said Mr. Meraz, who taught at the University of Colima, near the Pacific Coast and about 300 miles west of Mexico City. “Feeling that you are going to lose your life, or one of your daughters, I don’t mind starting from scratch.”

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