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How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”

MIT Technology Review 21 September 2026 18h ago
How we made the first comprehensive map of deaths along the US border’s “virtual wall”
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Our 15-month investigation into death and surveillance along the US-Mexico border began with a simple question: Why did so many people die near government surveillance towers meant to help track and apprehend them? This story is part of Dying on Camera, a collaboration between MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego. Journalists in both newsrooms spent the past…
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