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Spike in Migrant Deaths on the Southern Border

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12.8.23 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two journalists, Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times, about their yearlong investigation into a spike in migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border.  Correspondent: Jeff Proctor  Guests: Lauren Villagran, border reporter, USA Today Network  Omar Ornelas,…

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COVID-19 in El Paso and the U.S./Mexico Border (from May 22)

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July 3, 2020 – Throughout the pandemic, correspondent Laura Paskus has been interviewing journalists around the state as they cover COVID-19 in their communities. On May 22, she spoke with two veteran border journalists, Bob Moore of the website El Paso Matters and Lauren Villagran of the El Paso Times, about the impact of the virus in El Paso, which…

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