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February 23, 2017

Mexican Man Commits Suicide Minutes After His Deportation from U.S.
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At the U.S.-Mexico border, a 45-year-old man leapt to his death just
minutes after he was deported by U.S. border guards. Witnesses say
Guadalupe Olivas Valencia was distraught and shouted that he did not
want to return to Mexico, moments before he committed suicide by jumping
from a bridge at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana. Olivas's
family says he was a widowed father of three who was struggling to
support his children.


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