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Yolanda González

A DEA agent and a US Border Patrol officer stand next to some of the over 14 tons of marijuana seized after discovering a major cross-border drug tunnel linking warehouses in Tijuana, Mexico, and Otay Mesa, California, on November 16, 2011.

A Mexican woman still fears deportation after helping the US bust drug traffickers

Conflict & Justice

An undocumented immigrant from Mexico was pushed into being a drug smuggler as a teen. She turned DEA informant within a few years, expecting legal status as her reward. She is still waiting, decades later.An undocumented immigrant from Mexico was pushed into being a drug smuggler as a teen. She turned DEA informant within a few years, expecting legal status as her reward. She is still waiting, decades later.

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