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For a border funeral home that survived the cartels, the coronavirus crisis is worse [Los Angeles Times]


For a border funeral home that survived the cartels, the coronavirus crisis is worse [Los Angeles Times]
Perches Funeral Homes has been burying bodies for more than half a century, through wars, cartel violence, epidemics and mass shootings, but nothing has filled its crematoriums, chapels and cemeteries like the coronavirus.
“The soonest I could do it is in two weeks,” funeral director Richard Villa told Brissa Leony, who had come to make arrangements for her grandfather last week.
Villa looked at her. He knew. He had almost lost his 87-year-old mother to the virus this year.
“Was it COVID?” he asked. ....

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For a border funeral home that survived the cartels, the coronavirus crisis is worse


For a border funeral home that survived the cartels, the coronavirus crisis is worse
Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Carolyn Cole
© (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Perches Funeral Homes ships bodies in both directions across the U.S.-Mexico border. At least one a day heads south to Ciudad Juarez, where funeral costs are cheaper. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Perches Funeral Homes has been burying bodies for more than half a century, through wars, cartel violence, epidemics and mass shootings, but nothing has filled its crematoriums, chapels and cemeteries like the coronavirus.
The soonest I could do it is in two weeks,” funeral director Richard Villa told Brissa Leony, who had come to make arrangements for her grandfather last week. ....

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