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Border Town at Center of Smuggling Crisis

NPR | By Carrie Kahn
Published September 13, 2005 at 11:00 PM CDT
Seen through a night-vision lens, a law enforcement official peers at the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico.
Carrie Kahn, NPR
Seen through a night-vision lens, a law enforcement official peers at the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico.

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Carrie Kahn
Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.
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