CANANEA, Mexico — Jesus Verdugo was born in this hot, dry mining town nestled in the mountains of Sonora, about 25 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. A miner like his father, he grew up on the tract of land where the open-pit mine and town converge. Cananea is home to Mexico’s largest copper mine. And Verdugo, 43, is the burly,… return to article
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