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Topic: Ciudad Juarez

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (AP/Andres Leighton)

Trump fans the hate that came to El Paso

Amanda Marcotte
A wall along the border between the United States and Mexico (Getty/Omar Martinez)

Wildcat strikes at the border

Kent Paterson - In These Times
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2016 file photo, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by army soldiers to a waiting helicopter, at a federal hangar in Mexico City, after he was recaptured from breaking out of a maximum security prison in Mexico. The History channel says it's developing a drama series focusing on Guzman's story. Last year, Guzman had broken out of prison and was on the run when he had a secret meeting with Mexican actress Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn. The actor wrote about it for Rolling Stone. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Brendan Gauthier
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