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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.

Imprint New York : Rayo, ©2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  325.73 RAM    Check Shelf
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 Trucking. (OCoLC)fst01157708
Mexicanos -- Delitos contra las -- Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Regin̤)
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Trucking -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
Immigrants -- Crimes against. (OCoLC)fst00967720
Texas -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
Noncitizens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Latin Americans -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Local Subject Undocumented immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Subject United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexicans -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Undocumented immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
Inmigrantes -- Delitos contra las -- Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Regin̤)
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Latinoamericanos -- Delitos contra las -- Frontera mexico-estadounidense (Regin̤)
Immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00908722
Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. (OCoLC)fst01239966
Human smuggling. (OCoLC)fst00963471
Added Author Cordero, Kristina, 1971-
Added Title Morir en el intento. English
ISBN 9780060789442 (hardcover)
0060789441 (hardcover)
9780060789459 (paperback)
006078945X (paperback)
Standard No. 99810162586
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