The devil's highway : a true story

The devil's highway : a true story /

An account of "twenty-six men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known as the Devil's Highway ... Only twelve of the men made it out."--Back cover.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urrea, Luis Alberto
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Back Bay Books, 2005.
Edition:First Back Bay paperback edition.
Subjects:
Human smuggling > Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens > Crimes against > Mexican-American Border Region.
Human smuggling.
Noncitizens > Crimes against.
Noncitizens.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Social conditions.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region > Social conditions.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Cutting the drag. The rules of the game
  • Dead man's sign. In Veracruz ; The coyote and the chicken ; El guía ; Jesús walks among us ; In Sonoita ; A pepsi for the apocalypse ; Bad step at bluebird ; Killed by the light
  • In desolation. The long walk ; Their names ; Broken promis ; The trees and the sun ; Helicopters
  • Aftermath. Aftermath ; Home.

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