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Volunteers from the Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hang crosses on the US-Mexico border fence as part of Day of the Dead commemorations in memory of migrants who have died trying to cross the border in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The Pro-migrant Defense Coalition hung 5,100 wooden crosses in honor of 5,100 migrants who have died crossing to the US since 1995, according to their statistics. Day of the Dead is celebrated on Nov. 2, with celebrations beginning late Nov. 1. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
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5,100 crosses at Mexico border mark migrant deaths
The Associated Press
Saturday, October 31, 2009
TIJUANA, Mexico — Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross.
The protest coincides with preparations for Mexico's Nov. 1 Day of the Dead holiday. The crosses represent the number of migrants estimated to have died in the 15 years since the United States toughened border security.
The Coalition for the Defense of Migrants also erected a traditional floral offering for the dead.
The Mexican government estimates about 350,000 of its citizens migrate to the U.S. annually.
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Oct 30, 2009 - 10:05 p.m. EDT
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