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Trade your piece for a PC
Police in Mexico City have started a new program that they hope will reduce certain areas reputation for violence. If you bring in a gun, the police will trade you for a new PC, as well as food or money. The idea seems like it could be attractive to hoodlums wanting to get their GTA fix; unless as The Inquirer points out, a bright one realizes that there is a different kind of trade that could be made.
