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Nicolle Tamaura, a Mexican-American from Tijuana who started trimming marijuana five years ago, in Covelo, Calif., Oct. 21, 2018. Tamaura recounted stories of unscrupulous growers she said refused to pay her, a police officer who she said held a gun to her head and frequent sexual harassment, an ordeal made worse by the remote nature of the work. “When you’re alone out here as a girl it’s really scary,” she said. “I know girls who’ve disappeared.” (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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Bags of marijuana outside of Covelo, Calif., Oct. 22, 2018. A decade ago, marijuana sold for around $2,000 a pound, but growers said they are now lucky to get $500, and that means there is less money to pay for trimming. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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The remote town of Covelo, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018. Each autumn, caravans of young people flock to Northern California to find temporary work pruning cannabis bound for the state’s legal dispensaries or black markets as far away as the East Coast. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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A missing poster for Khadijah Britton, a young woman who went missing months before, Covelo, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018. The authorities have spent millions of dollars trying to eradicate the drug cartel operations, which continue to plague the area and its residents. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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Trimmers at work at a marijuana farm outside of Covelo, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018. Each autumn, caravans of young people flock to Northern California to find temporary work pruning cannabis bound for the state’s legal dispensaries or black markets as far away as the East Coast. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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Rows of marijuana plants just outside of Covelo, Calif., Oct. 22, 2018. Each autumn, caravans of young people flock to Northern California to find temporary work pruning cannabis bound for the state’s legal dispensaries or black markets as far away as the East Coast. (Hilary Swift/The New York Times)
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