This family self-deported to Mexico, and lost everything


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  • Saturday, 26 Jul 2025

Sonia Coria and her husband Carlos Leon, Mexican migrants who fled cartel violence in their hometown with their family and sought refuge in Arizona, U.S., before voluntarily returning to Mexico, look on outside their home in Uruapan, Michoacan state, Mexico, July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ivan Arias

URUAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) -As broadcasters declared Donald Trump the next President of the United States, Sonia Coria turned to her husband and asked if they should go home.

For seven months they had been living in Glendale, Arizona, sharing a two-bedroom apartment with Coria's aunt and slowly building a life far from the threats and cartel violence that made them flee Mexico.

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