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

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"simple pleasure" Nearing the halfway point in the 1500 mile journey, teenage Guatemalan brothers Juan and Jorge Velasquez scream for the simple pleasure of hearing their echo in a Veracruz, Mexico train tunnel. Migrants become more hopeful once they've conquered "The Beast", every stowaway's referral to Mexico's southern states.
 
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