It is one of two rival groups fighting a turf war in Medellin that has seen violence in the area rise.

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Three years ago, it was rated one of the worst schools in Colorado, located on turf between two rival gangs.

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So go the turf battles among rival grass-roots organizations--communities mobilizing against commercial interests, which, in turn, try to co-opt the citizenry.

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Three years ago, it was rated one of the worst schools in Colorado -- located on turf between two rival gangs.

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His city, the busiest crossing on the border, has this year found itself in the middle of a turf war between rival gangs.

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Sales were plummeting while rival factions were engrossed in turf battles.

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"This has become a turf war between rival gangs, " Guzman said.

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Others say that as the drug cartels are squeezed by the government, they've begun fighting rival cartels to preserve and control their turf.

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For the past few years, boosters had been working to get the high school an artificial-turf field, something many rival schools had already installed.

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Last month, for example, the commission accused Carlsberg, a Danish brewer, and Heineken, a Dutch rival, of plotting not to compete on each other's home turf.

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Turf wars are real, and he was coming from Binghampton, a rival hood.

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