page_title: The Beast (book)
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: The Beast (book) / Background
caption_attribution_description: Español: El periodista y escritor salvadoreño Óscar Martínez en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago 2015
context_page_description: The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail is the first book by Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martínez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2010 as Los migrantes que no importan. It was translated into English in 2013 by Daniela Maria Ugaz and John B. Washington. The book follows the harsh journey of Central American immigrants on the El tren de la muerte to the United States.
context_section_description: Martinez works as a journalist for El Faro. He spent a year travelling with the migrants across Mexico along with a crew of photographers and filmmakers and made eight trips aboard the freight trains on the El tren de la muerte. The book is a compilation of a series of stories published in the newspaper. The book was first published in 2010 by Icaria and El Faro and a second edition was released by Mexican publishers sur+ Ediciones in 2012. The English translation was published by Verso Books and has an introduction by Francisco Goldman.
caption: The author Óscar Martínez
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