The Santa Martha Acatitla neighborhood in Mexico City is a place where the rhythms of daily life usually hum with a familiar, predictable energy. Neighbors greet one another from doorsteps, street vendors call out their daily specials, and children are often seen running short errands for their parents, a testament to the community’s sense of shared space. But that sense of normalcy was shattered on a Friday that began like any other, setting into motion a sequence of events that would eventually mobilize an entire nation and culminate in a discovery that has left a city in mourning. Ten-year-old Perla...
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