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The second time I tried crossing, we got lucky. We left that night at 6 p.m. It took 45 minutes of straight running to get across. I wore tennis shoes. Since it was flat, it was easier. There were three coyotes running with us. They tell you to wear dark clothes when you cross. I ran all right--I used to play soccer--but there was one woman, she was young but fat. She had two kids. They didn't make it. Some other women couldn't take the running, so the coyotes went back for them. And then we waited on the side of the highway for a van to come get us.

It was dark. We were all lying on the pavement close together until the van came at 9 p.m. We had to pile in on top ...