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Capítulo Uno: El Niño que Quedó Atrás

El niño no entiende. Su mamá no le habla. Ni siquiera lo mira. Enrique no tiene ni la mínima sospecha de lo que ella va a hacer. Lourdes sí sabe. Ella entiende, como sólo puede entenderlo una madre,...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter One: The Boy Left Behind

The boy does not understand. His mother is not talking to him. She will not even look at him. Enrique has no hint of what she is going to do. Lourdes knows. She understands, as only a mother can, the...

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Capítulo Dos: Joven Agredido en Asalto Busca Compasión Junto a las Vías

En Las Anonas, Oaxaca, una ranchería aledaña al ferrocarril donde viven 36 familias, la labor del día ha concluido cuando un jornalero, Sirenio Gómez Fuentes, ve algo desconcertante: un muchacho...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter Two: Badly Beaten, a Boy Seeks Mercy in a...

The day's work is done at Las Anonas, a rail-side hamlet of 36 families in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, when a field hand, Sirenio Gomez Fuentes, sees a startling sight: a battered and bleeding boy,...

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Capítulo Tres: Derrotado Siete Veces, el Chico Se Enfrenta de Nuevo a 'la...

Enrique vadea un río. El agua le llega hasta el pecho. Tiene 5 pies de estatura, hombros encorvados y no sabe nadar. Su gorra anuncia con falsa valentía: "No Fear" (Sin Miedo). El río que está...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter Three: Defeated Seven Times, a Boy Again Faces...

Enrique wades chest-deep across a river. He is 5 feet tall, stoop-shouldered and cannot swim. The logo on his cap boasts hollowly, "No Fear." The river, the Rio Suchiate, forms the border. Behind him...

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Capítulo Cuatro: La Fe Lleva a los Pobres a Correr Para Regalar Comida

Desde lo alto del vagón de carga en marcha, Enrique ve la figura de Cristo. En los campos del estado de Veracruz, entre campesinos y burros cargados con caña de azúcar, se alza imponente un cerro. En...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter Four: Inspired by Faith, the Poor Rush Forth to...

From the top of his rolling freight car, Enrique sees a figure of Christ. In the fields of Veracruz state, among farmers and their donkeys piled with sugar cane, rises a mountain. It towers over the...

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Capítulo Cinco: Un Río Verduzco Lo Separa de Su Sueño

"Estás en territorio de Estados Unidos", grita un agente de la patrulla fronteriza a través de su megáfono. "Regrésate". A Enrique le gusta a veces quitarse la ropa y meterse al agua del Río Grande...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter Five: A Milky Green River Between Him and His Dream

"You are in American territory," a Border Patrol agent shouts into a bullhorn. "Turn back." Sometimes Enrique strips and wades into the Rio Grande to cool off. But the bullhorn always stops him. He...

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Capítulo Seis: Al Concluir el Viaje, un Río Oscuro y Quizá una Nueva Vida

A la una de la madrugada, Enrique espera a la orilla del agua. "Si los agarran, no los conozco", advierte severo el hombre al que le dicen El Tiríndaro. Enrique asiente con la cabeza, lo mismo que...

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Enrique's Journey | Chapter Six: At Journey's End, a Dark River, Perhaps a...

At 1 a.m., Enrique waits on the edge of the water. "If you get caught, I don't know you," says the man called El Tirindaro. He is stern. Enrique nods. So do two other immigrants, a Mexican brother and...

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14 years later: Looking back on a journey on 'The Beast'

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