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Freddy Murio at the doorway to his home in Yorito, Honduras. After 12 years as an undocumented immigrant in New York, Murio is now running for mayor of his hometown, hoping to address the ills driving an exodus from the country. (Manuel Ortiz Escámez)

Once undocumented, now he's running for mayor and hoping to help fix Honduras

After 12 years as a construction worker in New York, Freddy Murillo is now back and running for mayor of his hometown of Yorito, Honduras, part of upcoming elections in a country marked by poverty, violence and corruption.

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