In this Jan. 26, 2013 photo, Donaji Lopez, 17, left, and Magdabelyn Porra Gamez, 18, hold hands awaiting the decision of the winner the "Guamuchil Carnival Queen 2013" beauty contest in Guamuchil, Sinaloa state. Porra's cousin Susana Flores Gamez who was voted the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in a beauty pageant in February, was killed in northern Mexico on Nov. 24, 2012 during a gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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