Jesse Bogan
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The Jaws of Life
The border yields bones, but not answers.
It was a marvel that the remains were found, let alone identified. Animals had torn into Cristobal A. Puente Gallardo’s corpse, leaving a few leg bones and vertebra, and a jawless skull. Scattered nearby were shoes, a mangled T-shirt, ripped … Read More
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Border Seen
Impoverished children in San Benito chronicle their lives through photographs
Little distinguished the apartment complex amid the dilapidated frame homes and trailer parks in San Benito, a town of about 25,000 near Brownsville. A toy pony on springs, windows covered with aluminum foil, an old man in a wheelchair scanning … Read More
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Slow Death, Slower Justice
How pesticides poisoned South Mission, but no one is responsible.
How pesticides poisoned South Mission, but no one is responsible. * by Jesse Bogan June 29, 2007 The pesticide mixer’s wife limped out of the early morning darkness onto a white bus bound for the state Capitol. Tomasa Garza, 72, … Read More
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