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Europe-bound migrants found amid broken glass, toxic ash

by Renata BritoAritz Parra
| February 25, 2021 5:15 AM

MADRID (AP) — Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. So he pulled a knife, cut the bag open and found a motionless leg, confirming his suspicion that a person was inside.

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