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The Beast
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail | Oscar Martinez
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One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. scar Martnez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border. More than a quarter of a million Central Americans make this increasingly dangerous journey each year, and each year as many as 20,000 of them are kidnapped. Martnez writes in powerful, unforgettable prose about clinging to the tops of freight trains; finding respite, work and hardship in shelters and brothels; and riding shotgun with the border patrol. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs, The Beast is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes. From the Hardcover edition.
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Singout
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BookmarkTavern Woo! 🤩 3mo
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Singout
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Highly recommended: captures the courage and terror of people fleeing through #Mexico from #Guatemala, #ElSalvador, and #Honduras in the hope of a safer life in the U.S. Centred on “The Beast,“ a train to which people cling in any way possible through Mexico. Martinez does a fabulous job of interviewing people from various backgrounds and at all stages of the journey. #ReadingtheAmericas2023 #Nonfiction2023 #StillHaventfoundwhatI'mLookingFor

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Singout
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There are those who migrate to El Norte because of poverty.
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prowlix
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I‘m taking this book in small doses but definitely feel like it‘s important. This chapter is devoted to prostitution rings and young women trafficked in Mexico.

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prowlix
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Evening reading! 📖🍷This has been on my tbr for awhile but with all the talk of the caravan I moved it to my next read. May come in handy for those upcoming family gatherings too

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Javi333
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Phenomenal.