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Guatemala–Mexico border

Several people are shown on the beach next to large floating rafts with wooden tops.

Free passage is a way of life for Mexicans and Guatemalans on the border

Borders

Commuters and shoppers take the five-minute trip across the border on rafts of two-by-fours, fueling the cross-border economy between Suchiate, Mexico, and Tecún Umán, Guatemala.

A Honduran child sleeps at an immigrant shelter in Chiapas, in southern Mexico. His is traveling with his family from his impoverished and violent neighborhood to northern Mexico or the US.

Central American migrants become prey on their journey north to the US

Conflict & Justice
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