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Óscar Martínez

Two workers holding a white body body bag as they place it in the back of a truck

Óscar Martínez on why El Salvador is a ‘good place to kill’

Justice

His first book was a deep look at the dangers of the journey to escape. ‘A History of Violence’ focuses on why people take the journey to begin with.

Migrants, mostly from Central America, take trains nicknamed "The Beast" through Mexico to the US border.

Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well

Conflict & Justice
Migrants, mostly from Central America, take trains nicknamed "The Beast" through Mexico to the US border.

Many immigrants in the US know this particularly dangerous train ride very well

Conflict & Justice
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