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Thus ended last week one of the worst tragedies in the long and tortured history of illegal crossings of the U.S.-Mexican border. The lone survivor, Miguel Tostado Rodriguez, 21, told how he promised to pay $400 to a "coyote" (the term for smugglers who grow wealthy by sneaking Mexicans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Boxcar That Became a Coffin | 7/13/1987 | See Source »

As the number of middle-income Americans looking southward for doctoring grows, so does the demand for sophisticated services. Mexican plastic surgeons are now in big demand. Reason: a face-lift or tummy tuck south of the Rio Grande costs about 40% of what it does in the U.S. "An...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Psst, You Wanna Plastic Surgeon? | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

The ABA also rules on Big Days, which are competitions to see as many species as possible in 24 hours. The association once removed a species from the total of a Texas team, thus costing it a tie with California for the national title. The team, while standing on the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: All That Jizz | 5/25/1987 | See Source »

Huandacareo is bracing for an invasion against which there is no ready defense: thousands of its own citizens returning from north of the Rio Grande. The president of the municipal council, Enrique Gonzalez Martinez, estimates that 25% of the town's inhabitants now work in the U.S., most of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Sad Return of the Prodigal Sons | 5/18/1987 | See Source »

Alvarez won attention last July when he protested controversial ruling- party victories in Chihuahua elections by staging a 40-day hunger strike and organizing sit-ins on highways and bridges that tied up traffic across the Rio Grande. Alvarez acknowledges that under the current system no P.A.N. candidate can seriously...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico Let Us Now Await the Hidden One | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

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