A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for a 44-km US-Mexico double border wall despite protests.
Tree nearly as old as US torn down to expand Mexico border wall A 200-year-old cottonwood tree has been cut down to make way for an expansion of a US-Mexico double border wall. Activists staged protests for months and camped at the tree to prevent it from being cut down.
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06.10.2026
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