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One summer afternoon in 2017, Madi was driving down the main highway into her small town.

And that's all we're going to tell you about where she lives, because we're trying to protect her.

I was looking at the mountains, the landscape.

Even after living in this small town for 30 years,

she still admired the views.

Just that sense of physical freedom,

being able to see all this beauty.

She'd made the drive hundreds of times

to attend her local church

or to sell her well-known homemade tamales.

But this time, the drive felt different.

I was afraid. I was really, really afraid.

What if they were following me?

I got just into the Hispanic mode.

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