{"product_id":"the-beast-riding-the-rails-and-dodging-narcos-on-the-migrant-trail-paperback","title":"The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFrancisco Goldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDaniela Maria Ugaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Harrowing\" true stories from two years of immersion reporting on the migrant trail from Chiapas to Arizona--an \"honorable successor to enduring works like George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Wigan Pier\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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 young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, and his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up and down the migrant trail from Central America and across the US border. More than a quarter of a million Central Americans make this increasingly dangerous journey each year, and each year as many as 20,000 of them are kidnapped. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartínez writes in powerful, unforgettable prose about clinging to the tops of freight trains; finding respite, work and hardship in shelters and brothels; and riding shotgun with the border patrol. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Beast\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the \u003ci\u003enarcotraficantes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eÓscar Martínez\u003c\/b\u003e writes for ElFaro.net, the first online newspaper in Latin America. The original edition of his book \u003ci\u003eLos migrantes que no importan\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2010 by Icaria and El Faro and a second edition by Mexico's \u003ci\u003esur+\u003c\/i\u003e Ediciones in 2012. Martínez is currently writing chronicles and articles for El Faro's project, Sala Negra, investigating gang violence in Latin America. In 2008, Martínez won the Fernando Benítez National Journalism Prize in Mexico, and in 2009, he was awarded the Human Rights Prize at the José Simeón Cañas Central American University in El Salvador.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 03, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770182631712,"sku":"9781781682975","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3cf47e4ed2be2fa1b2749a151c9bef32.webp?v=1780366581","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-beast-riding-the-rails-and-dodging-narcos-on-the-migrant-trail-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}