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Name: The Devil's Highway
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Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

📘 The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea delivers a powerful investigative narrative about the 2001 attempt of 26 men to cross the Mexican–American border into southern Arizona’s desert. Only twelve returned, and Urrea’s reporting exposes the harsh realities of illegal immigration, human smuggling, and the broader social conditions surrounding border crossings.

First publish date: 2004

Genre: History/Modern History

Authors: Luis Alberto Urrea

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