‘Y’all ain’t never been to Mexico.’ How a road trip over the border took a deadly turn

Four South Carolinians in a white minivan pulled out the parking lot of a Motel 6 surrounded by palmettos and onto an expressway in Brownsville, Texas — zooming past strip malls lined with taquerias, auto repair shops and law offices with Spanish names — for the short drive to the Mexican border city of Matamoros.

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