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“I didn’t hear a word about maquiladoras and factories and industries on the Mexican side and holding them accountable,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

Mr. Colom had success in textiles and Guatemala’s entry into large-scale production through assembly plants known in Spanish as maquiladoras.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Some economists, however, argue that the use of inexpensive parts produced in maquiladoras allowed the U.S. automobile industry to survive.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Mexico and Canada, took effect in 1994, multinationals set up maquiladoras at a frenetic pace.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2021

He had taken Celia’s tales about the maquiladoras and El Patron’s stories about Durango and mixed them with episodes of El Latigo Negro.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer