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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 05 > Mexicans emigrate for new lives, but also trying to save their own

Mexicans emigrate for new lives, but also trying to save their own

By Sam Dillon / The Bulletin
January 5, 2009

FELIPE ANGELES, Mexico — Four hooded men smashed in the door to the adobe home of an 80-year-old farmer here in November, handcuffing his frail wrists and driving him to a makeshift jail. They released him after relatives and friends paid a $9,000 ransom, which included his life....

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