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WORLD NEWS MEXICO-MEZCAL 1 MCT
Centuries before anybody ever heard of a margarita machine, Mexicans were distilling the exotic fruit of the Agave plant into Mezcal. (Heriberto Rodriguez / Heriberto Rodriguez / MCT)

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