The theme of humanity and illegality in the devils. Urrea begins by recounting briefly some of the history of the haunted desert which is home to the cabeza prieta or darkhead national wildlife refuge, and the particularly treacherous strip of desert known as the devils highway. Urrea invokes ancient religious texts which mention a vast desert known as desolation, beneath which. Luis alberto urrea journalist was asked to write the devil s highway mexicanamerican born in tijuana, mexico occasion. The north american market for natural products international. Since misfortune seems to plague the area, the stretch of road is known as the devil s highway. The devils highway an interactive map keepinitreal. In may 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the mexican border into the desert of southern arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the devil s highway.
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