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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 05:26 PM Aug 2020

He has gone from transporting 15 bodies a week to 22 a day.


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His black Cadillac Escalade is a frequent sight these days on the back roads and city streets of the Rio Grande Valley.

The pandemic has brought an unrelenting tide of death to the borderlands: He has gone from transporting 15 bodies a week to 22 a day.

https://t.co/4JjKuHbf1J?amp=1

‘So many bodies ... I lost count’: The grim business moving Latino coronavirus victims as death toll spikes
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He has gone from transporting 15 bodies a week to 22 a day. (Original Post) soothsayer Aug 2020 OP
Everyone needs to read this article. Thanks for sharing soothsayer. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2020 #1
New jobs in the Trump economy. keithbvadu2 Aug 2020 #2
A must read article drray23 Aug 2020 #3
Devastating but eloquent article. Thanks for posting it, soothsayer. nt crickets Aug 2020 #4

drray23

(8,824 posts)
3. A must read article
Mon Aug 3, 2020, 07:18 PM
Aug 2020

It is a stunning account of the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the Latino community.

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