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Mexican farms employ kids illegally, U.N. says
May 9 2008, Nick

Adriana Salgado, 10, spends her days in a field in northwestern Mexico, picking spinach, cabbage and other vegetables that fill American salad bowls.

Salgado attends school for one hour a day, and she doesn’t know how to read. Her 15-year-old sister,..

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