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The killing of a high-profile reporter, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, has sparked outrage throughout the country.

Back in the 1850s, the US military created a Camel Corps for exploring desert territory and expanding the American frontier. That's how Philip Tedro, aka Hadji Ali, aka Hi Jolly, came to the US.

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