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Tree nearly as old as US torn down to expand Mexico border wall

Global Published 7 October 2026, 09:20 · archived 7 Oct 2026

A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.

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