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Young workforce toils in Mexico while aid groups push education.(Dallas Morning News)
MATAMOROS, Mexico _ Her hands stained from the blue dye of the duster she uses to clean dirty cars crossing an international bridge here, Alexis Diaz Gonzalez doesn't blink an eye when an 18-wheeler rolls within inches of her small feet. At age 13, Alexis already works 10 hours a week, running between cars and trucks, cleaning windshields and windows on the streets of this bustling Mexican city across the Rio Grande from Brownsville.
Alexis is part of a young workforce that toils in the streets and near the international bridges in Mexico, holding out their hands for alms. They're casualties of an economic system, some experts say, that forces them to help provide for their families.
Authorities would prefer these kids weren't around. A program sponsored by the state of Taumalipas _ Ayudame! ("Help Me!") _ wants people to quit giving money to street kids. It's an attempt to stop parents from exploiting their children, who often don't go to school and whose lifestyle makes them easy prey for drug addiction.
Alexis works in two shifts: from 7:30 to 10 a.m., and from 5 to 7 p.m. In between she goes to school.
With her thick, curly brown hair pulled back in ...
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