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Guatemalan Day Labourers, Victims of Forced Labour

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The southern border has become a labor corridor where they are recruited under false promises and minimum payments IVÁN LÓPEZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ In the banana plantations of Soconusco, work never stops. Under the scorching sun and between endless rows of green leaves, hundreds of Guatemalan daily laborers, mostly indigenous, carry clusters of up to 50 kilos. They arrive in southern Mexico with the promise of a salary that, in practi…
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The southern border has become a labor corridor where they are recruited under false promises and minimum payments IVÁN LÓPEZ/PORTAVOZ PHOTO: ALEJANDRO LÓPEZ In the banana plantations of Soconusco, work never stops. Under the scorching sun and between endless rows of green leaves, hundreds of Guatemalan daily laborers, mostly indigenous, carry clusters of up to 50 kilos. They arrive in southern Mexico with the promise of a salary that, in practi…

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PORTAVOZ broke the news in on Monday, October 27, 2025.
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