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Las Patronas
"Las Patronas" leader, Norma Romero, gives food to migrants in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico on August 9, 2018.
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Las Patronas
Las Patronas
"Las Patronas" leader, Norma Romero, gives food to migrants in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico on August 9, 2018. Las Patronas is a group of twelve women that feeds migrants during their travel through Mexico to US on a train known as "La Bestia" (The Beast). Everyday they wait for the train and distribute bags of food among the migrant travellers.
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