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Springdale Teacher Takes Migrant Trail Walk

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Springdale resident Laura Villegas, fifth person from the front wearing a red bandana, hikes a remote Arizona highway during the 14th annual Migrant Trail Walk in June 2017.
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Participants in the Migrant Trail Walk trace a 70-mile path along the U.S.-Mexico border to raise awareness about migrant deaths occurring there. The walk, now in its 15th year, stretches from from Sasabe, Sonora, Mexico to Tucson, Ariz.. Last year, 75 year-old Springdale elementary school teacher Laura Villegas trekked the trail and plans to do so again this Memorial Day. She describes the experience as intense and revelatory.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.