Día de los Muertos: Chapter 12

Twelve Sonoran Desert / 11:20 A.M. They turned onto Mex. 2, a two-lane asphalt road that ran east toward Mexicali with more potholes than the road to hell. There were six people in the jeep, not counting Calhoun and Castro. The Guatemalan couple Calhoun had rescued,...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 11

Eleven Bus Station / 10:45 A.M. The bus station was crowded. Every day more people from the interior of Mexico were coming north to the border to escape the collapsing peso. Running in front of a wave that would crash on them here, Calhoun thought. He had some cargo...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 10

Ten Hotel Española / 10:00 A.M. There are three of us. My daughter, Paloma, and my wife,” Heinrich Vasco said. “Shall we have coffee or tea? I prefer tea this time of day. They serve a wonderful tea here,” Vasco said. “They even serve Madeleine...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 9

Nine DEA Tijuana / 9:45 A.M. DEA shared the building with the U.S. consulate staff in Tijuana. Outside, the Avenida Marie de Leon was noisy, buses spewing exhaust, ripping the air with a hellish racket on their way up the hill to the slum neighborhoods of El Cumbre or...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 8

Eight Plaza Tijuana / 9:00 A.M. Calhoun turned back to the doctor. The sign on his office door said Dr. Kevin Hughes/ Physician/ Cancer Specialist/ Growth Hormones Available/ No Appointment Needed. Calhoun knew what kind of doctor Hughes was. Tijuana was full of...