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  • An indigenous girl dances in front of Mexico's Monument to the Revolution to inaugurate the Universal AIDS Action Now march through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment.
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  • Participants in an August 7 human rights rally at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City included a Alejandro Alvarenga, a Mexico City activist who dresses as Methadone Man.
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  • Indigenous women and transexuals, upset by the lack of treatment for HIV and AIDS in Mexico, interrupted the August 8 closing ceremony of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City .
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  • Ricardo Neco, a Mexico City member of Hairdressers Against AIDS, styles the hair of Maria de Socorro Lopez in a booth at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
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  • Police in Mexico City form a line against a demonstration in 2008.
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  • An indigenous woman burns incense as she leads the Universal AIDS Action Now! march through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment for HIV and AIDS.
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  • An indigenous woman leads participants in the Universal AIDS Action Now march as they wind through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment.
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  • An indigenous woman burning incense leads the Universal AIDS Action Now march through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment.
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  • In front of Mexico City's Monument to the Revolution, AIDS activists gather to begin the Universal AIDS Action Now march on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment.
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  • As a Muslim man prays (left), Roman Catholics celebrate Mass on August 4 in the Interfaith Prayer Room at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The worship space is located in the parking garage of the Banamex Convention Center. Celebrating Mass are Fr. Robert J. Vitillo and Fr. Thomas Kamau. Vitillo, a priest from the Diocese of Patterson, New Jersey, is the special advisor on HIV and AIDS to Caritas Internationalis. Kamau, a member of an ecumenical chaplains team at the conference, is from Kenya and works at Catholic Medical Mission Board in New York while pursuing a doctoral degree at Seton Hall University.
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  • An indigenous woman burns incense at the start of the Universal AIDS Action Now march through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment. The march began in front of the country's Monument to the Revolution.
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  • A sex worker participates in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference. The woman's shirt says "We are part of the solution." Her sign reads "We are sex workers, not delinquents."
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  • Sex workers and their supporters were among the thousands of participants in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • A young boy looks on as his mother and others wave a huge multi-colored flag during the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • On August 6 at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators demanded greater U.S. government attention and funding to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS.
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  • Participants in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • Sex workers participate in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Their shirts state "We are part of the solution."
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  • Participants in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • Protestors demanding better housing options for people living with HIV and AIDS interrupted the August 8 closing ceremony of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City .
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  • Health workers from Africa march at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demanding greater attention to the global shortage of health workers to deal with the AIDS pandemic. .
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  • Participants in an August 7, 2010, human rights rally at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City included a women's band and a giant condom.
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  • At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators on August 6 demanded greater U.S. government attention and funding to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS.
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  • At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators on August 6 demanded greater U.S. government attention and funding to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS.
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  • On August 6 at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators demanded greater U.S. government attention and funding to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS. They carried signs challenging presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama to strengthen the U.S. commitment to fight AIDS.
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  • Demonstrators occupy a section of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in order to protest the lack of resources dedicated to providing housing for people living with HIV and AIDS.
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  • At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, Shirleen Cooper, from the United States, and other participants demonstrate on August 5 in favor of better attention to the housing needs of HIV positive people.
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  • Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, speaks to a seminar on  partnerships between faith-based organizations, governments, and business groups in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The seminar took place during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Saddleback Church has carried out a groundbreaking partnership with the Rwandan government in extending education, testing and treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS.
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  • An indigenous woman burns incense as she leads the Universal AIDS Action Now! march through the streets of Mexico City on August 3, the opening day of the XVII International AIDS Conference. Participants called for an increase in testing, prevention, and treatment for HIV and AIDS.
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  • Participants in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City pass out condoms to others. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • A sex worker participates in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • Participants in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • Members of the National Network of Catholic Youth and Catholics for the Right to Decide participate in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference. The groups encourage use of condoms.
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  • Participants wave a giant flag and shout during the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference.
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  • Members of the National Network of Catholic Youth and Catholics for the Right to Decide give an interview to a Mexican television network during the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference. The group encourages use of condoms.
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  • A sex worker participates in the International March Against Stigma, Discrimination, and Homophobia on August 2 in Mexico City. The march was held on the eve of the XVII International AIDS Conference. The woman's shirt says "We are part of the solution."
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  • Protestors on August 7 marched through the exhibit hall at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Critical of the US government's restrictions on AIDS funding, they took over the official US government exhibit for several minutes. .
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  • Protestors upset by US government policies towards people living with HIV and AIDS briefly took over the U.S. government exhibit at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. On the right is a giant condom that joined the demonstration. .
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  • Participants in an August 7 human rights rally at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City included a Alejandro Alvarenga, who dresses as Methadone Man.
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  • "Deborah", of Ciudad Juarez, demonstrates the proper way to apply a condom to an erect penis using only your mouth. The demonstration took place at a booth sponsored by sex workers in the Global Village of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City .
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  • At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators on August 6 protested the Colombian government's failure to license a generic form of Kaletra, Abbott Laboratories' antiretroviral drug. Such a decision would allow generic--and much cheaper--versions of the drug to be made available to those who need it.
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  • At the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators on August 6 protested the Colombian government's failure to license a generic form of Kaletra, Abbott Laboratories' antiretroviral drug. Such a decision would allow generic--and much cheaper--versions of the drug to be made available to those who need it.
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  • On August 6 at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, demonstrators demanded greater U.S. government attention and funding to treat and prevent HIV and AIDS, holding vigil in front of an auditorium where Barbara Lee, a Congresswoman from California, spoke in favor of greater efforts to end AIDS.
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  • Demonstrators at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City walk through the conference center carrying a coffin of someone who supposedly "died for lack of Kaletra," Abbott Pharmeceutical's antiretroviral drug which they claim puts it out of reach of many people.
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  • Demonstrators at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City walk through the conference center carrying a coffin of someone who supposedly "died for lack of Kaletra," Abbott Pharmeceutical's antiretroviral drug which they claim puts it out of reach of many people.
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  • Women enncouraging use of female condoms demonstrate at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. They argued that female condoms are too expensive and not readily available in many areas. Condoms are an important element in preventing the spread of HIV which can cause AIDS.
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  • Women enncouraging use of female condoms demonstrate at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. They argued that female condoms are too expensive and not readily available in many areas. Condoms are an important element in preventing the spread of HIV which can cause AIDS.
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  • Condom distribution at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
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  • The Ballet Folklorico Nacional de Mexico performed during the August 3, 2008 opening session of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
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  • Demonstrators occupy a section of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in order to protest the lack of resources dedicated to providing housing for people living with HIV and AIDS.
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  • At a migrant refuge in Apizaco, Mexico, migrants play football as the train known as La Bestia or El Tren de la Muerte passes by on the tracks above.
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  • Migrants on bunks at a migrant refuge in Apizaco, Mexico. Most arrive at the refuge after three or four weeks travel from Honduras, much of it on foot and on the dangerous freight rail network known as La Bestia. Most arrive exhausted, many haven't eaten for days, many have suffered violence along the way, often at the hands of Mexican Police and criminal gangs.
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  • Santos Alemán, from Yoro, Honduras, at a migrant refuge in Apizaco, Mexico. Shot at Albergue de migrantes on 07 Jun 2021 by Sean Hawkey.
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  • José is from Honduras, he is travelling through Mexico to the US. He is resting at a migrant refuge after four weeks travel from Honduras, much of it on foot and on the dangerous freight rail network known as La Bestia. Before arriving at the refuge he hadn't eaten for two days, and he had suffered violence along the way.
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  • Santos Alemán, from Yoro, Honduras, at a migrant refuge in Apizaco, Mexico. He worked for 20 years in a palm oil factory but reached retirement age. He can't survive without working and there are so few opportunities in Honduras he decided to migrate in search of employment. Shot at Albergue de migrantes on 07 Jun 2021 by Sean Hawkey.
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  • Migrants on bunks at a migrant refuge in Apizaco, Mexico. Most arrive at the refuge after three or four weeks travel from Honduras, much of it on foot and on the dangerous freight rail network known as La Bestia. Most arrive exhausted, many haven't eaten for days, many have suffered violence along the way, often at the hands of Mexican Police and criminal gangs.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the foot of Cira Salinas, a migrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Translating for the two is Sally Meisenhelder, a nurse from Las Cruces, new Mexico, who volunteers with No More Deaths, a group dedicated to saving the lives of migrants in the border area.
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  • Thousands of people are stuck at an informal camp of asylum seekers at El Chaparral, Tijuana, Mexico, many of them have been waiting for their petition for asylum to be heard for months. Most of the people at the camp are from Central America and Haiti, the majority from Honduras, but many are also fleeing violence in Guerrero and Michoacan in Mexico. For many the journey to get here was extremely hazardous, crossing Mexico on the top of La Bestia, the train also known as El Tren de la Muerte. Many have been kidnapped and extorted by organised crime groups, and the dangers in the unpoliced camp are also very high, particularly for girls and women.
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  • Thousands of people are stuck at an informal camp of asylum seekers at El Chaparral, Tijuana, Mexico, many of them have been waiting for their petition for asylum to be heard for months. Most of the people at the camp are from Central America and Haiti, the majority from Honduras, but many are also fleeing violence in Guerrero and Michoacan in Mexico. For many the journey to get here was extremely hazardous, crossing Mexico on the top of La Bestia, the train also known as El Tren de la Muerte. Many have been kidnapped and extorted by organised crime groups, and the dangers in the unpoliced camp are also very high, particularly for girls and women.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the injured arm of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the foot of Cira Salinas, a migrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the foot of Cira Salinas, a migrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the foot of Cira Salinas, a migrant from Oaxaca, Mexico, who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the foot of Jairo Berieza, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where he sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Berieza grew up in Arizona and lived there for 17 years before being detained and deported. In the background is Sally Meisenhelder, a nurse from Las Cruces, new Mexico, who volunteers at the center.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats the injured arm of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
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  • Dawn Gustafson, from Vail, Arizona, treats wounds on the neck of Alma Maldonado, a Mexican migrant who was captured by the U.S. Border Patrol in southern Arizona and deported back across the border to Nogales, Mexico, where she sought help from the Catholic-sponsored Kino Border Project. Gustafson, a member of the Green Valley Samaritans, volunteers at the Project's Comedor, where deported migrants receive food, clothing and medical care. Maldonado, from Veracruz, Mexico, was injured while walking at night through the desert. In the darkness she walked into a barbed wire fence, cutting her face and arms. It also caused her to fall and injure her arm and one foot. Unable to move very fast, she and her husband were apprehended the next day by the Border Patrol. Gustafson is a member of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Sahuarita, Arizona. Much of the medical care provided in the center is to migrants' feet, which are often left blistered and wounded by the long and dangerous desert trek.
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  • A boy loads powdered milk on a raft for transport from Mexico to Guatemala across the Suchiate River near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. The river forms a portion of the border between Guatemala and Mexico, and this spot is a major crossing point for northbound immigrants.
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  • Priscila Cartagena holds a photo of her daughter Yesenia Marleni Gaitán Cartagena during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Honduran woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Cartagena, who lives in Tegucigalpa, says her daughter migrated north in 2008, headed to the United States, and last called her from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She hasn't heard from her since.
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  • Tomasa Guzman holds a photo of her son Deibis Paz Guzman during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Honduran woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Guzman says her son migrated north in 2011, and last called him from Guadalajara, Mexico. She hasn't heard from him since.
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  • Tomasa Guzman holds a photo of her son Deibis Paz Guzman during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Honduran woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Guzman says her son migrated north in 2011, and last called him from Guadalajara, Mexico. She hasn't heard from him since.
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  • Manuela de Jesus Franco Monteroso, 66, holds a photo of her son Juan Neftali Rodriguez Franco during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Franco, from Guatemala City, last heard from her son on August 18, 2010, when he called her just before attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the United States.
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  • Tomasa Pacajoj holds a photo of her husband Pedro Morales Gonzalez during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Maya K'iche'-speaking Guatemalan woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Pacajoj says her husband left their home in Chichicastenango in 2007, and the last she heard from him was when he called from the Mexico-U.S. border to say he was about to cross the desert.
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  • Lidia Diego holds a photo of her daughter Nora Morales Diego during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Guatemalan woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.
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  • Lucia Marcario Perez holds a photo of her husband Mateo Jose Luis Gutierrez Chicoj during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 16, 2013. The Maya K'iche'-speaking Guatemalan woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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The woman says her husband left their home in Chichicastenango in 2011, and the last she heard from him was when he called three weeks later from the Mexico-U.S. border to say he was about to cross the desert.
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  • At a December 16, 2013 demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, several dozen Central Americans hold photos of family members who disappeared in Mexico. Other photos were laid out on the ground. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north or were abducted by human traffickers.
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  • The US/Mexico border wall near Mexicalli, northern Mexico. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
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  • The US/Mexico border wall near Mexicalli, northern Mexico. Thousands of migrants pass over the wall in this region each year, and many go through the desert to reach the US, large numbers of them die along the way, of heatstroke or dehydration.
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  • The Tijuana river is home to many migrants and deportees, many of them born in Mexico and Central America, who lived for decades in the US, but who were deported for small offences like driving infractions, and are stuck in Mexico.
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  • The fence that divides Mexico from the US, stretching out into the Pacific ocean at Playas, Tijuana, Mexico.
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  • The stone that marks the end of Mexico and the beginning of the US, at Tijuana, Mexico. A US border patrol vehicle is visible behind the fence.
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  • A poster in Huamantla, Mexico says: 'el que mucho arriesga poco gana... cuídate' - he who risks a lot gains little, take care. The image shows someone cut in half on the rail tracks. Many migrants are killed and injured in accidents on the rail network known as La Bestia in Mexico.
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  • A group of Central Americans looking for their loved ones who disappeared in Mexico walks to the Suchiate River at Ciudad Hidalgo along the border between Mexico and Guatemala on December 18, 2013.<br />
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The group, mostly mothers looking for children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north.
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  • A group of Central Americans looking for their loved ones who disappeared in Mexico walks to the Suchiate River at Ciudad Hidalgo along the border between Mexico and Guatemala on December 18, 2013.<br />
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The group, mostly mothers looking for children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north.
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  • As members of the press document the encounter, members of a caravan of Central Americans looking for their disappeared loved ones questions people in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013, about whether they've seen particular migrants who went missing on their journey north. <br />
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The caravan, containing 45 Central Americans, most of them mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days in Mexico, finding 12 of the people they were looking for and clues about the fate of several others.
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  • A local resident stoops to examine one of dozens of photos laid out on the ground in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The photos were brought by a caravan of Central Americans, mostly mothers looking for their disappeared or trafficked children, who came to Mexico for 17 days.
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  • Photos laid out on the ground in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013 by dozens of Central Americans looking for their loved ones who disappeared on the migrant trail north. The Central Americans, mostly mothers looking for their disappeared or trafficked children, came to Mexico for 17 days.
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  • People lay photos on the ground in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The photos were brought by a caravan of Central Americans, mostly mothers looking for their disappeared or trafficked children, who came to Mexico for 17 days.
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  • A local resident explains where he has seen a woman whose photo was one of dozens displayed in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The photos were brought by a caravan of Central Americans, mostly mothers looking for their disappeared or trafficked children, who came to Mexico for 17 days.
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  • Ercilia Ayala holds a photo of her son Juan Carlos Rivera Ayala during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Honduran woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Ayala says her son migrated north in 2001 when he was 19 years old, and she hasn't heard from him since. The photo she carries was taken when he was 14 years old.
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  • Ercilia Ayala holds a photo of her son Juan Carlos Rivera Ayala during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Honduran woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.<br />
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Ayala says her son migrated north in 2001 when he was 19 years old, and she hasn't heard from him since. The photo she carries was taken when he was 14 years old.
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  • A local resident squats to examine dozens of photos laid out on the ground in Puerto Madero, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The photos were brought by a caravan of Central Americans, mostly mothers looking for their disappeared or trafficked children, who came to Mexico for 17 days.
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  • Santos del Socorro Rojas kisses her son Jorge Alberto Reyes Dávila, with whom she was reunited on December 16, 2013, in Tapachula, Mexico, after nine years of separation. Rojas, from Chinandega, Nicaragua, was one of several dozen Central American mothers who traveled as a group to Mexico to look for their loved ones who had disappeared along the migrant trail north.
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  • Lidia Diego holds a photo of her daughter Nora Morales Diego during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 17, 2013. The Guatemalan woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.
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  • Santos del Socorro Rojas and her son Jorge Alberto Reyes Dávila, with whom she was reunited on December 16, 2013, in Tapachula, Mexico, after nine years of separation. Rojas, from Chinandega, Nicaragua, was one of several dozen Central American mothers who traveled as a group to Mexico to look for their loved ones who had disappeared along the migrant trail north.
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  • A Guatemalan woman holds a photo of her missing son during a vigil in Tapachula, Mexico, on December 16, 2013. The woman was part of a group of Central Americans who came to Mexico in search of family members who disappeared there, many while on their way north to the United States. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones.
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  • Priscila Cartagena (right) holds a photo of her daughter Yesenia Marleni Gaitán Cartagena as she walks with a group of Central Americans during a demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, on December 16, 2013. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north. <br />
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Cartagena, who lives in Tegucigalpa, says her daughter migrated north in 2008, headed to the United States, and last called her from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She hasn't heard from her since.
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  • Priscila Cartagena holds a photo of her daughter Yesenia Marleni Gaitán Cartagena as she walks with a group of Central Americans during a demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, on December 16, 2013. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north. <br />
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Cartagena, who lives in Tegucigalpa, says her daughter migrated north in 2008, headed to the United States, and last called her from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She hasn't heard from her since.
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  • At a December 16, 2013 demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, several dozen Central Americans held photos of family members who disappeared in Mexico. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north or were abducted by human traffickers.
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  • At a December 16, 2013 demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, several dozen Central Americans held photos of family members who disappeared in Mexico. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north or were abducted by human traffickers.
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  • At a December 16, 2013 demonstration in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, several dozen Central Americans held photos of family members who disappeared in Mexico. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north or were abducted by human traffickers.
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  • Lidia Diego (left) holds a photo of her daughter Nora Morales Diego as she walks with a group of Central Americans searching for family members who disappeared in Mexico. The demonstration took place in the center of Tapachula, Mexico, on December 16, 2013. The group, mostly mothers looking for their children, spent 17 days touring 14 Mexican states in search of their loved ones, most of whom had disappeared while following the migrant trail north.
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