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Mexico: 5,000 Migrants Died Reaching US Since 1994

HeadlineDec 18, 2009

In Mexico, new figures have been released showing more than 5,000 Mexican migrants have died trying to reach the United States since 1994. Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission says an average three migrants lost their lives every two days in the US-Mexico border region in 2007 and 2008.

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