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Biosphere reserve

Welcome to the tropical prison that some don’t want to leave

April 5, 2019 by DailyTimes.pk

More than a century after Mexico established a prison on the Maria Islands — a Pacific archipelago eight hours by boat from the mainland — the country’s new government has decided to close it. But some prisoners didn’t want to leave the tropical jail. The inmates and guards on the islands — the Islas Marias, […]

Filed Under: World Tagged With: Biosphere reserve, leave, low-risk, tropical prison

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