In
Mexican Spanish, a
maquiladora is a factory manufacturing products for a larger and usually foreign-owned company and generally employing cheap female labor. There are many thousands along the border with the
United States in towns like
Ciudad Juarez, which has recently become notorious for the
serial murders of young female
maquiladora workers.
See also:
Economy of Mexico
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