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Don bartletti
The Los Angeles Times
"Bound to el norte: Immigrant Stowaways on the Freight Trains of Mexico"  

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"northern border" With 1500 miles of rail travel behind them, Honduran migrants sleep next to the Rio Grande river in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Hopeful immigrants are usually stalled here on Mexico's northern frontier. US Border Patrol agents across the river in Texas thwart most attempts to enter the US illegally.
 
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