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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations

St. Louis Public Radio — The couple's 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother's body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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Mourners decry Overland couple's killing in Guatemala, call for ICE accountability

Mourners decry Overland couple's killing in Guatemala, call for ICE accountability

St. Louis Public Radio — "We need pathways to citizenship, but a pathway to better citizenship for us all," said Yery Castillo, a friend of the late Glendy González de la Cruz. "Citizenship that provides us access to quality, affordable health care, clean, safe housing and good-quality union jobs."
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A mother and son fled Colombia for a better life. He died in St. Louis on ICE's watch

A mother and son fled Colombia for a better life. He died in St. Louis on ICE's watch

St. Louis Public Radio — Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.
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No mental health evaluation for St. Louis man who died by suicide in ICE custody

No mental health evaluation for St. Louis man who died by suicide in ICE custody

St. Louis Public Radio — The federal agency says Brayan Garzón-Rayo did not receive a mental health evaluation due to staffing shortages that day and later testing positive for COVID-19.
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Lucy Garzón finally lays her son to rest after his death in ICE custody months ago

Lucy Garzón finally lays her son to rest after his death in ICE custody months ago

St. Louis Public Radio — About two months after his death in ICE custody, Brayan Garzón-Rayo's family buried his ashes with support from the Ashrei Foundation.
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Then ICE arrived: Inside the rural Illinois traffic stop that upended 3 immigrants' lives

Then ICE arrived: Inside the rural Illinois traffic stop that upended 3 immigrants' lives

St. Louis Public Radio — "Yeah, that English comes out, those motherf-------," one Christian County Sheriff's sergeant told Morrisonville's police chief on dashcam footage when speaking about the immigrants' broken English.
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Rumors drive fear in St. Louis as Trump's immigration plans turn deadly

Rumors drive fear in St. Louis as Trump's immigration plans turn deadly

St. Louis Public Radio — Local leaders, businesses and educators are reckoning with rising anxiety in St. Louis' immigrant community after a year of President Trump's increased immigration enforcement, which was marked last month by federal agents' killing of Minnesota residents Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.
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St. Louis immigrants fear deportation as ICE texts demand in-person reviews

St. Louis immigrants fear deportation as ICE texts demand in-person reviews

St. Louis Public Radio — Immigrants in St. Louis with longstanding deportation orders were texted to report to the agency's office by the end of the day Wednesday. Attorneys say some who showed up have been detained on arrival.
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St. Louis activists plan aid for immigrants as Trump's policies incite fear

St. Louis activists plan aid for immigrants as Trump's policies incite fear

St. Louis Public Radio — lThe self-described "group of fierce Latina women uniting to combat racial injustice and demand equality" hopes to advocate for immigration reform and help immigrants facing food insecurity.
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Where would St. Louis be without Latino businesses? For a week, we will find out

Where would St. Louis be without Latino businesses? For a week, we will find out

St. Louis Public Radio — A number of Hispanic-owned businesses will temporarily close next week as part of a coordinated effort to highlight the contributions of immigrants to the region's economy and culture in the wake of Trump's mass deportation plans.
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How a growing Latino voter base could reshape Missouri's political landscape - one day

How a growing Latino voter base could reshape Missouri's political landscape - one day

St. Louis Public Radio — Though St. Louis and Missouri's Latino population is still relatively small, it's growing rapidly. Political watchers say the vote could be increasingly influential in the years to come.
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Leaders clashed in troubled St. Louis jail before top boss' ouster, records reveal

Leaders clashed in troubled St. Louis jail before top boss' ouster, records reveal

St. Louis Public Radio — A dead body left for hours and juvenile detainees mixed with adults: Leaked records reveal how St. Louis' jail saw an alleged crisis just before its top leader was forced out.
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In one southern Illinois town, residents grapple with abortion's past and future

In one southern Illinois town, residents grapple with abortion's past and future

St. Louis Public Radio — Carbondale is set to become the closest place with abortion access for millions of residents in the Midwest and South.
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'I just fell to my knees and cried': St. Louisans face devastating damage after tornado that kill...

'I just fell to my knees and cried': St. Louisans face devastating damage after tornado that kill...

St. Louis Public Raido — More than 5,000 homes were impacted, and 38 people were injured after an EF3 tornado tore across St. Louis.
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SIU Carbondale faces budget cuts as leaders tout rising enrollment, fundraising

SIU Carbondale faces budget cuts as leaders tout rising enrollment, fundraising

St. Louis Public Radio — The campus in deep southern Illinois is grappling with a nearly $9.5 million budget shortfall that its leader says is largely fueled by athletics.
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Unsolved, not forgotten: How 6 parents remember the children they lost to violence in St. Louis

Unsolved, not forgotten: How 6 parents remember the children they lost to violence in St. Louis

St. Louis Public Radio — The multimedia art installation and reporting project features six original portraits by local artist Cbabi Bayoc, inspired by a years-long investigation by St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project into the more than 1,000 unsolved homicides over the last decade.
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'Broadway on a football field': Drum corps blurs the lines of sport and art in Belleville

'Broadway on a football field': Drum corps blurs the lines of sport and art in Belleville

St. Louis Public Radio — Groups from "marching music's major league" are crisscrossing the country this summer, chasing a perfect 12-minute performance and the dream of a world championship.
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Solar eclipse plunges Illinois and Missouri into darkness as the celestial spectacle dazzles

Solar eclipse plunges Illinois and Missouri into darkness as the celestial spectacle dazzles

St. Louis Public Radio — Total solar eclipses occur every year or two, but it is exceedingly rare for the paths of two of them to intersect only a handful of years apart, as it has in a swath of southern Missouri and Illinois.
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America's top figure skaters dazzled St. Louis. I left with a new love for the sport.

America's top figure skaters dazzled St. Louis. I left with a new love for the sport.

NPR — The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships brought the who's who of the sport to St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio Visuals Editor Brian Munoz left a new fan of the Olympic sport.
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How "Popeye the Sailor" put a rural Illinois town on the international map

How "Popeye the Sailor" put a rural Illinois town on the international map

Medium — CHESTER, Ill. - Debbie Brooks has been a Popeye fan since she was a child, even when faced with the unimaginable - being kidnapped at the age of five.
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In a New Year's Day battle of soccer and sausage, it's St. Louis vs. Metro East in the Chorizo Bo...

In a New Year's Day battle of soccer and sausage, it's St. Louis vs. Metro East in the Chorizo Bo...

St. Louis Public Radio — For 75 years, Hispanics from each side of the Mississippi square off in a friendly soccer match that also has chorizo bragging rights on the line.
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