The Beast

"Beyond true crime, Oscar Martinez’s tremendous investigative report on how thousands of Central American migrants travel through Mexico to the U.S. border reads more like true horror. Far from home, in legal limbo, the migrants often fall victim to robbery, rape, torture or mass kidnapping by drug traffickers. Why would anyone undertake such a harrowing journey just to become an illegal gardener, housekeeper or factory employee in America? Martinez has the answer."

"Oscar Martínez's extraordinary account of Central American migration to the U.S."