56 pages • 1 hour read
Francisco CantúThe Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Index of Terms
coyote
A person who smuggles people or drugs across the border for money. They often threaten violence and intimidate the families of migrants for ransom to release their loved ones.
“gimme load”
A partial load of drugs left behind by smugglers to distract and throw off Border Patrol agents who are pursuing them.
güey
Mexican slang for “dude.”
