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Don bartletti
The Los Angeles Times

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




"soaring" 12-yr-old Denis Evan Contrarez makes a daredevil leap between freight cars. Adult migrants admonish children against playful tactics. Denis was left behind with a sister in Honduras when their mother went to California for a higher-paying job. He hopes to find her in San Diego.
 
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