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Author Ramos, Jorge, 1958-

Title Dying to cross : the worst immigrant tragedy in American history / Jorge Ramos ; translated from the Spanish by Kristina Cordero.

Publication Info. New York : Rayo, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  JV6475 .R3613 2005    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 173 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Contents When the doors opened -- They came from far away -- The coyotes -- Inside the trailer -- The little boy -- The dead and the survivors -- Karla and the trial -- Last words.
Summary An account of the May 2003 incident in which nineteen illegal immigrants lost their lives while trying to cross the Mexican-American border. Discusses the trafficking operations of Karla Chavez, who abandoned the victims in a truck in Texas.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Human smuggling.
Immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Immigrants -- Crimes against.
Immigrants.
Mexicans -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexicans.
Latin Americans -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Latin Americans.
Trucking -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Trucking.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexico.
Emigration and immigration.
Social aspects.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
United States.
Texas -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Texas.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Noncitizens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens -- Crimes against.
Noncitizens.
Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal immigration.
Noncitizens.
Undocumented Immigrants.
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Social conditions.
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Added Author Cordero, Kristina, 1971-
Added Title Morir en el intento. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005007142
ISBN 0060789441
9780060789442
006078945X
9780060789459
Standard No. 99810162586