The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Óscar Martínez

The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail

Óscar Martínez with Francisco Goldman (Contributor)

10 hours, 15 minutes first pub 2014 (editions) user-added

nonfiction sociology dark slow-paced
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One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, and Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles and other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. Óscar Martínez, a...

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dark 89%
informative 84%
sad 52%
emotional 36%
reflective 36%
challenging 31%
adventurous 26%
tense 26%
inspiring 10%

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medium 50%
slow 27%
fast 22%

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