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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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In Mexico, World Cup revives pain of missing loved ones

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: Norma Laguna's daughter Idaly Juache was a striker for a soccer team in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, a stone's throw from the Texas border. ​Two days after playing in her Sunday night game, in 2010, the ​19-year-old went missing.

Laguna still keeps her daughter's orange soccer jersey with the number 14. As the World Cup returns to Mexico for ​the first time in 40 years, Laguna says the soccer reminds her of her lost daughter and the life she should have had.

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