Given 2 points and a line which contains the center point

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Find the general equation of the circle containing $(-4,-2)$ and $(2,0)$, and whose center is contained on the line $5x-2y=19$.

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The center of the circle is the common point of the perpendicular bisector line of the segment that has as extremes the two given points, $A=(-4,-2)$ and $B=(2,0)$, and the given straight line : $5x-2y=19$.