Extortion in Mexico Shuts Down Schools Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email A child looks at a sign reading 'There are no classes until new notice' at a closed school in Acapulco, Mexico, on September 1, 2011. ( Pedro PARDO/AFP/Getty Images / Getty ) Produced by New York Times, PRI and WNYC