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Distro - Mexico's Southern Border -- 2007 

Alex Webb 

Ironically, Mexico, like the United States, has its own set of immigration problems on its southern border, as hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants cross this border yearly. In 2005, Mexican authorities detained and deported some 240,000 migrants. Estimates suggest that at least twice this number avoid apprehension.

Illegal immigration into southern Mexico has been rising ever since the early 90's. Over the past four years, Mexico's southern border, especially the section that abuts Guatemala, has seen detentions and deportations rise some 74%. The bulk of migrants come from Central America:... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants waiting for... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Near Tonala. Central Americans traveling north... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Central American migrants hanging out,... 

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MEXICO. Tonala. 2007. El Salvadorans resting under trains, en... 

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MEXICO. Via Faisal. 2007. Honduran migrants hanging out, awaiting... 

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MEXICO. Via Faisal. 2007. Honduran migrants washing themselves... 

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MEXICO. Via Faisal. 2007. Honduran migrants boarding train. 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. 2007. Between Tenosique and Palenque. Honduran migrants... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Grupo Beta agents attending to a migrant's... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Guatemalan migrants detained inside an... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Guatemalan migrants detained inside an... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Guatemalan migrants detained inside an... 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. House catering to the handicapped. Most... 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. House catering to the handicapped. Most... 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. House catering to the handicapped. Most... 

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GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2007. Mural in a Casa de Migrantes, a... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Outside the Casa de Migrantes.

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Outside the Casa de Migrantes.

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. Guatemala migrants in the Casa de Migrantes.... 

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MEXICO. Arriaga. 2007. Father Flor outside the Casa de Migrantes.... 

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MEXICO. Ciadad Hidalgo. 2007. Mexican soldiers along the Suchiate... 

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GUATEMALA. 2007. Aerial view of Suchiate River snowing balsas... 

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GUATEMALA. 2007. Looking up the Suchiate River, shoreline of... 

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MEXICO. Ciudad Hidalgo. 2007. Balsas at dawn on the Suchiate... 

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MEXICO. Hidalgo Frontera. 2007. Man returning from Guatemala... 

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MEXICO. Hidalgo Frontera. 2007. Citizens from both countries... 

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MEXICO. Talisman. 2007. Guatemalans carrying cheap Mexican gas... 

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MEXICO. Talisman. 2007. Crossing the Suchiate River.

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GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2007. Looking towards Ciudad Hidalgo,... 

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GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2007. Looking towards Ciudad Hidalgo,... 

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MEXICO. Ciudad Hidalgo. 2007. Along the Suchiate River. 

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GUATEMALA. El Carmen. 2007. Border town commerce. 

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GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2007.

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. The largest town near the border. 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. The largest town near the border. 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. The largest town near the border. 

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MEXICO. Tapachula. 2007. The largest town near the border. 

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MEXICO. Tenosique. 2007. Murder scene -- the result of an argument... 

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MEXICO. Tenosique. 2007. Murder scene -- the result of an argument... 

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GUATEMALA. El Ciebo. 2007. Vendors' shacks line the main street.... 

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GUATEMALA. Tecun Uman. 2007. Bar girls (and child) hanging out... 

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GUATEMALA. El Ciebo. 2007. Central American bar girls hanging... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Red light district. Most of the women... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Red light district. 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Red light district. Most of the women... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Red light district. Most of the women... 

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MEXICO. Comitan. 2007. Red light district. Most of the women... 
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