A review by callieisreading
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

4.0

Rightfully a classic, this telling of the deadly journey a group of men took to cross the US-Mexico border in 2001. Of the 26 who started the walk, only 12 made it to the other side, the rest succumbing to the desert heat. The fault rests on the shoulders of many, which the book also goes into- the draconian US immigration policies, the gang violence in Mexico, the coyotes who guide these groups across, the Mexican policies that result in extremely poor wages. To me, the most important takeaway is that while this story made headlines when it happened, it was only because so many died at once. This (and worse) continues to happen, and it isn't really ever acknowledged. I'll be thinking about this probably forever.