Life and Death on The U.S. - Mexico Border (Pantheon)The newest
Mexican-American war began in 1994 and is still going on. It's
not an official war between the United States of Mexico and the
United States of America. Rather, it's a war being between
several dozen United States Congressmen and the poorest of poor
Mexican laborers. Or more specifically, Congressmen Hunter,
Rohrabacher, Tancredo, and Deal vs. hapless Mexican men, women,
and children trying to make it over the border without dying.The
official death tally in this unending war is around one a day
--- 4,000 dead in ten years. The unofficial tally is probably
closer to 25,000. Or as one coroner, working out of Yuma, stated
in Hard Line, if the Mexicans who had died in the desert all
rose up today, their sheer numbers would beat the population of
New York City.Each year, hundreds from Mexico City, Sinaloa,
Oaxaca, Vera Cruz and Chiapas expire in the border states of
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Years ago, mothers,
fathers, and children