The panicked mother in the tear gas photo

The World

 BuzzFeed reporter Adolfo Flores tracked down the Honduran family featured in the now iconic photo of a mother and two daughters fleeing tear gas on the Tijuana border. Flores tells host Marco Werman about his conversation with Maria Meza.

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