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SEELEY LAKE - When Ailed Caro-Arteaga first came to the United States (US) in 2005 on a six-month tourist visa, her goals were simple: Practice English and return to Mexico to go to college. After meeting her future husband Luis Caro in Missoula, Mont. her plans changed. She moved to Montana, married Caro and has helped him run his drywall business, Caro Drywall, in Seeley Lake. Last Thursday, Jan. 21, Caro-Arteaga gained her US citizenship at a naturalization ceremony in Helena, Mont.

Caro-Arteaga lived in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. She came to Missoula to work for family friends who ow...