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Don bartletti
The Los Angeles Times

"Bound to el norte: Immigrant Stowaways on the Freight Trains of Mexico"  




"shivering" Dawn breaks near Mexico City. Brothers Jorge,15 and Juan Velasquez,16 huddle next to burning scraps of clothing and trash. Dressed as they were when they left tropical Honduras weeks ago, they were unprepared for the cold as the train climbed all night through the mountains.
 
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