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Thirty years ago, I began to consider that the legalization of the cocaine business would be the best strategy to reduce bloodshed in my country. I have not changed my mind, but I think people should learn to distinguish between a war on drugs and a war on the mafia because the latter does not end with legalization alone.Â
Mauricio J. Quijano unpacks causes and effects of undocumented migration into the United States from crime, to corruption, to poverty in counties the people fleeing leave behind.
The bloody murders of three Guatemalans—a brother, sister and her unborn child—in their home in Canton is fueling long-standing anger among the Hispanic population who feel they are victims of frequent robberies and assaults in the community.
Whichever candidate or party they support, many Latinos want media outlets to do more to go deeper on both the candidates’ ethics and the issues they say they represent.
After 14 years in construction, JoaquÃn GarcÃa (not his real name) thought that working inside a poultry plant during the warm season of 2019 would be more comfortable, so he took a job at one in Mississippi. He was arrested on Aug. 7, 2019, in one of the largest ICE workplace actions in history. Nine months later, he was released from jail to face a new problem: COVID-19 had reached his family and killed some Hispanic workers in the meat-processing facilities around him. (In English and Spanish.)
Carmen Quintero, 21, and her 2-year-old son Miguel (not their real names), left Ocotepeque, Honduras, to begin a dangerous journey through Guatemala and Mexico that
Carmen Quintero, 21 años, y su hijo Miguel, 2 años, (nombres cambiados) dejaron atrás Ocotepeque en Honduras para embarcarse en una peligrosa travesÃa por Guatemala
Valdez Market sits in the Country Club Village Shopping Center on Old Canton Road, where it took over the site after a Winn-Dixie closed, virtually straddling the border between the capital city and its northern suburb of Ridgeland. It is an area that has seen demographic shifts in recent years, particularly in the large influx of Spanish-speaking residents in the area.
Undocumented immigrants in the face of running out of money, so they continue to go out into the streets during the recommended quarantine. Some have savings to sustain themselves, but others do not.
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