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El Bordo
Adriana Zehbrauskas

El Bordo

For many of those who are deported from the US back into Mexico, life ends in limbo in Tijuana.

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Created
Feb 11, 2015
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Hundreds of people arrive every morning for the free breakfast offered by the Desayunador Salesiano del Padre Chava. Although open for all, the great majority are deportee migrants that arrive every day in Tijuana.
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Desiree Miranda, also known as "Boxer", cries as she tells her story in the tunnel where she lives.
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Alejandra was deported from Fresno, California and now lives in El Bordo. She's addicted to heroin and crystal meth. She prostitutes herself to get the money for her fixes, 30-50 pesos each (about $2-$4 USD).
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Daniel, a drug addict living in El Bordo, injects himself with a dose of heroin and crystal meth.
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Daniel, the subject of the previous photograph, stares into space after his heroin shot.
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014. Jesus Zuniga, 51, lived in Anaheim, CA, for 32 years and had his own business, a German wife and two children, Jana, 17, and Isaias, 18. He did 20 years in prison for transporting drugs and was deported in 2010 for illegal reentry. He now lives at El Bordo, where he collects clothes, washes them in the river and resells them. He also makes rings and bracelets.
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Tijuana, Mexico, November 17th, 2014—El Bordo.
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