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Caliber 60

E2: Bazookas from America

By Stephanie Corpi,
Toya Sarno Jordan
Published April 1, 2023 at 3:45 PM CDT
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Weapons on display at the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston in May 2022.
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Weapons on display at the National Rifle Association's convention in Houston in May 2022.

When a new vigilante group took over under the promise of protecting Linda and her community, she felt relieved. But things only got worse… before she knew it, almost every household owned a gun, most of which were smuggled from the US. In February 2021, she experienced the kind of paralyzing pain that led her to flee the only home she ever knew.

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Stephanie Corpi
Stephania Corpi is a Mexican journalist, documentary photographer and a co-host and co-producer of the Line in the Land and La Línea podcasts from Texas Public Radio.
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Toya Sarno Jordan
Toya is an Argentine photojournalist based in Mexico City, where she covers migration and human rights issues in the region.
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