"We are experiencing one of the worst disasters of the past decade, " the deputy civil defence minister, Hernan Tuco, told local radio at the weekend.

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To the limited extent that it explores drug organizations, Breaking Bad tends to portray dealers as violent psychopaths like Tuco and the extended Salamanca family, or as shadowy amoral operators like Gus.

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