Bound To El Norte, Immigrant Stowaways on the Freight Trains of Mexico



Photo Title

Bound To El Norte, Immigrant Stowaways on the Freight Trains of Mexico

Photographer/Creator

Don Bartletti

Collection

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Caption/Description

A raft captain carries his float out of the Suchiate River on the Guatemala/Mexico border. It's here in the Mexican state of Chiapas where Central American migrants become undocumented immigrants who are hunted by authorities and gangsters with equal ferocity.

Citation

Don Bartletti, "Bound To El Norte, Immigrant Stowaways on the Freight Trains of Mexico," in POYi Archive, Item #33543, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/33543 (accessed November 22, 2024).

Date Added

07.06.2008