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Mexicans Defy Pandemic Blues With Record Remittance Surge

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Alberto Burgos is one of thousands of Mexican migrants living in the United States who dug deep and sent extra money to family back home last year to alleviate the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Growing plants and helping to handle their sale at a huge nursery in Alabama, the 35-year-old dipped into savings to transfer about a third more to his home town in central Mexico than he did in 2019, he said in an interview.

Burgos is one of a growing number of Mexicans with U.S. work permits or access . . .

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