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Tag: Barbie Niño

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The Girl Who Tamed the Beast: A True Faerie Tale

by El Tecolote Staff November 15, 2018November 15, 2018

This is the journey of Barbie Niño. At the age of 11, she struck out alone from Honduras to board the train route known as “The Beast” that crosses the length of Mexico from the southern border with Guatemala to the U.S. border in the north. Niño was steely in her desire to reach the […]

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