The Road Through San Judas

by Robert Fraga

  Goodman, Amy. “‘We Made a Devil’s Bargain’: Fmr. President Clinton Apologizes for Trade Policies that Destroyed Haitian Rice Farming.” Democracy Now! April 1, 2010.

  Harvey, Neil. “Cross-Border Alliance Protests Juárez Evictions.” Grassroots Press, January 27, 2008.

  ———. “Foxconn Development Raises Stakes for Lomas de Poleo.” Newspaper Tree, August 22, 2008.

  Hernández, Alan. “Pope Francis Tells Mexico’s Indigenous Peoples: ‘Sorry Brothers.’” Vice News, February 15, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/mbnxdp/pope-francis-tells-mexicos-indigenous-peoples-sorry-brothers.

  Hernandez, Daniel. “The Art Outlaws of East L.A.” L.A. Weekly, June 6, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.laweekly.com/news/the-art-outlaws-of-east-la-2149157.

  Hooks, Christopher. “Q&A with Molly Molloy: The Story of the Juarez Femicides Is a ‘Myth.’” Texas Observer, January 9, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.texasobserver.org/qa-molly-molloy-story-juarez-femicides-myth/.

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  Hudgins, Matt. “Baseball Stadium Bolsters El Paso’s Resurgence.” New York Times, May 28, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/realestate/commercial/in-el-paso-out-with-the-old-city-hall-in-with-a-new-stadium.html.

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  Karlin, Mark. “The Border Wall: The Last Stand at Making the US a White Gated Community.” Truthout, March 11, 2012. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://truthout.org/articles/the-border-wall-the-last-stand-at-making-the-us-a-white-gated-community/.

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  Kilpatrick, Kate. “In Juarez, Vigilante Justice Comes in a Blond Wig.” Al Jazeera America, November 20, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/20/in-juarezvigilantejusticeinablondwig.html.

  Lauria, Carlos. “Mexican Cartels Keep Up Social Media Intimidation.” Committee to Protect Journalists. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://cpj.org/blog/2011/11/mexican-cartels-press-social-media-intimidation-ca.php.

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  Light, John. “Free Trade’s Trojan Horse.” Sierra, November–December 2016. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-6-november-december/feature/free-trades-trojan-horse.

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  Llenas, Bryan. “Mexican Journalists Who Live Under Threat from Drug Cartels Take Paris Attack Personally.” Fox News, January 9, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-journalists-who-live-under-threat-from-drug-cartels-take-paris-attack-personally.

  Luckey, Peter. “Can You Sing Mary’s Song?” A sermon delivered at U.C.C. Plymouth Church, Lawrence, KS, October 2, 2011.

  Lyderson, Kari. “Development and the Desert: Border Land Struggle Turns Bloody in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.” Upside Down World, August 28, 2008. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://upsidedownworld.org/archives/mexico/development-and-the-desert-border-land-struggle-turns-bloody-in-ciudad-juarez-mexico/.

  Mariarte, “Alerta: A War Without Uniforms.” Borderfotos 16, January 8, 2008.

  Martinez Prado, Juan Carlos. “Lomas de Poleo: Un campo de concentración en la frontera.” Vanguardia, MX, January 21, 2011. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://vanguardia.com.mx/lomasdepoleouncampodeconcentracionenlafrontera-634805.html.

  McAlpine, John. “The Homicide of Digna Ochoa.” Advocate 60, no. 3, May 2002. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.lrwc.org/the-homicide-of-digna-ochoa/.

  McConahay, Mary Jo. Maya Roads. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2011.

  McDermott, Jeremy, and Steven Dudley. “MS13.” Insight Crime, November 16, 2015.

  McGahan, Jason. “To Kill a Journalist.” Texas Observer, January 24, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.texasobserver.org/to-kill-a-journalist/.

  Mendoza, Louis. “The Same on Both Sides of the Border.” Twin Cities Daily Planet, December 6, 2007. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/same-both-sides-border/.

  “Mexico’s Zapatista Rebel Movement Marks 20 Years,” USA Today, January 2, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/02/mexicos-zapatista-rebel-movement-marks-20-years/4284461/.

  Miroff, Nick. “Mass Kidnapping of Students in Iguala, Mexico, Brings Outrage and Protests.” Washington Post, October 11, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://wapo.st/2SHxkiI.

  Missionary Society of St. Columban, “From Lapsed Catholic to Catholic Missionary.” Columban Fathers. Unavailable February 8, 2019. www.columban.org/content/view/36/78/.

  Morton, Bill. “Update on Lomas del Poleo (Agrarian Court in Chihuahua).” Grassroots Press, January 10, 2009.

  ———. “Updates on Lomas del Poleo: Assault and Another Legal Delay.” Grassroots Press, July 6, 2009.

  Muñoz, Gloria Ramirez. “Los de Abajo,” La Jornada, March 22, 2008. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.jornada.com.mx/2018/10/27/opinion/016o1pol.

  Murphy, James. The Martyrdom of Saint Toribio Romo, Liguori, MO: Liguori Publications, 2007.

  Nathan, Debbie. “The Best Laid Plan.” Texas Monthly, February 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-best-laid-plan/.

  ———. “Making a Killing: Land Deals and Girl Deaths on the U.S.-Mexico Border.” Newspaper Tree, January 4, 2008.

  Neikirk, William. “Reich: Labor ‘Plain Wrong’ on Nafta.” Chicago Tribune, July 14, 1993. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1993-07-14-9307140084-story. html.

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  Ortiz, Mónica Uribe. “Low Water Deliveries from Mexico Hurt Texas Farmers.” KJZZ 91.5, August 28, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://kjzz.org/content/8936/low-water-deliveries-mexico-hurt-texas-farmers.

  Paley, Dawn. “Corn on the Border—NAFTA and Food in Mexico.” Watershed Sentinel, March 7, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://watershedsentinel.ca/articles/corn-on-the-border-nafta-food-in-mexico/.

  Pastrana, Daniela. “Permanent People’s Tribunal Sets Up Shop in Mexico.” Inter Press Service, October 25, 2011. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/10/permanent-peoples-tribunal-sets-up-shop-in-mexico/.

  Patel, Raj. Stuffed And Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. Brooklyn, NY: Melville House, 2007.

  Paterson, Kent. “Juarez Femicides Trial Verdict: Milestone or Miscarriage of Justice?” Americas Program, July 21, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.americas.org/juarez-femicide-trial-verdict-milestone-or-miscarriage-of-justice/.

  ———. “The Mexican State Goes on Trial in Ciudad Juarez.” Frontera NorteSur, May 30, 2012. Accessed February 9, 2019. https://fnsnews.nmsu.edu/the-mexican-state-goes-on-trial-in-ciudad-juarez/.

  Puente, Arturo González. “Water Economics in the Conchos River, Chihuahua, Irrigation Districts, 1990–2001.” Research Gate, October 2002. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303347503_Water_Economics_in_the_Conchos_River_Chihuahua_Irrigation_Districts_1990-
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  “A Q&A with David Dorado Romo.” Texas Monthly, November 2010. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/a-qa-with-david-dorado-romo/.

  Ramos, Javier Garza. “Being a Journalist in Mexico is Getting Even More Dangerous.” Washington Post, February 18, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/18/being-a-journalist-in-mexico-is-getting-even-more-dangerous/.

  La Redacción, “El Diego, jefe de La Línea, ordenó matar al periodista Armando Rodríguez: PGR.” Almargen, November 13, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://almargen.mx/el-diego-jefe-dela-linea-ordeno-matar-al-periodista-armando-rodriguez-pgr/.

  Reich, Robert. “Hillary and Barack, Afta Nafta,” February 29, 2008. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://robertreich.org/post/257309371.

  Rhodes, Ron. “Christian Revolution in Latin America: The Changing Face of Liberation Theology.” CRI, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2019. http://www.equip.org/PDF/DL100-1.pdf.

  Rice, Andrew. “Life on the Line.” New York Times, July 28, 2011. Accessed February 11, 2019. https://nyti.ms/2DsIGNT.

  Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights. Digna Ochoa. Unavailable February 11, 2019. rfkcenter.org/digna-ochoa.

  Rodríguez, Teresa. Las Hijas de Juárez. New York: Atria Books, 2007.

  Romeo, Raul. “A Brief History of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.” ROAR Magazine, January 1, 2014. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://roarmag.org/essays/brief-history-ezln-uprising/.

  Roper, Kelly. “Mexican Prison Tattoos.” LoveToKnow, nd. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://tattoos.lovetoknow.com/Mexican_Prison_Tattoos.

  Ross, John. The War Against Oblivion: The Zapatista Chronicles. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2002.

  San Martin, Ines. “Pope Francis Apologizes for Exploitation of Native Peoples, Calls for Economic Justice.” Crux, July 9, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/07/09/pope-francis-apologizes-for-exploitation-of-native-peoples-calls-for-economic-justice/.

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  ———. “Missing Mexican Students Suffered a Night of ‘Terror,’ Investigators Say.” New York Times, April 24, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/world/americas/missing-mexican-students-suffered-a-night-of-terror-investigators-say.html.

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