After 10 years of NAFTA, Mexico still waiting for jobs

Monday, January 5, 2004

ANAPRA, Mexico -- Ten years ago, the border slum of Anapra was a sea of shacks made of packing crates and car parts. Families stored scarce water in discarded industrial drums, and illegal electricity hookups started fires and sometimes electrocuted residents.

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