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Don bartletti
The Los Angeles Times

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




"stowaway child" Denis Evan Contrarez, 12 left Honduras 2 weeks ago. He has only his mother's San Diego phone number, and courage that belies his age. After a fitful night on this train in southern Mexico he said his dreams are always the same: "... find mama, go to school, learn English and help other children. I would help the street children because I walked the streets and they die in the streets."
 
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