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But minus the condoms

MEXICO CITY -- A missing Mexican "condom-mobile" was found in a parking lot outside the capital minus 4,000 condoms and a seven-meter inflatable replica, an HIV/AIDS prevention worker told local television Thursday.

Thieves also took sound equipment and the motor to inflate the giant condom, but left 2,500 HIV tests, said Apolonio Gomez, from the Sol collective, which has toured Mexico promoting HIV/AIDS prevention for the past 10 years.

The truck had just finished a five-week tour of 10 of Mexico's 32 states, during which it distributed more than 80,000 male condoms and 2,000 female condoms.

There are some 200,000 people living with HIV in Mexico, according to the United Nations.

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