La bestia, la tragedia de migrantes centroamericanos en Mexico , es un libro que expande y profundiza lo visto en el documental la Bestia, y expone con mas detalle las dificultades, los peligros y sentimientos que enfrentan miles de seres humanos que salen desde sus paises de origen en Centroamerica para transitar por una de las rutas mas arriesgadas y violentas de todo el mundo para migrantes indocumentados. Como escritor, Pedro Ultreras se vale del profuso material producido durante y despues de la filmacion de su pelicula y lo transfiere a una dimension mas amplia, narrando las aventuras, los peligros y las hazanas vividas por los migrantes y por el mismo -montado tambien sobre la bestia- a traves del temible trayecto que estos osados seres humanos siguen en pos de una prosperidad economica que con frecuencia los lleva a un tragico desenlace de sus planes. Asi, el documentalista mexicano presenta en este libro un recuento de los sucesos mas recientes como la atroz masacre de migrantes en Tamaulipas en 2010, la dramatica caravana de familias en busca de migrantes desparecidos en 2011, asi como un analisis de la primera ley de migracion expedida por el gobierno mexicano que a principios del 2012 aun no se implementa. La bestia, la tragedia de migrantes centroamericanos en Mexico (The beast, the tragedy of Central American migrants in Mexico) is a book that expands and goes in depth about what was seen in the documental The Beast, exposing in detail the difficulties, the dangers and the feelings faced by thousands of human beings who leave their home countries in Central America. They travel through one of the most risky and violent routes in the world for undocumented immigrants as they cross through Mexico on top of la bestia (or the beast), as the perilous freight trains they ride to try to make it to the United States is called. Journalist, filmmaker and author, Pedro Ultreras (7 Soles, 2007) makes use of the profuse material he produced during and after the shooting of his documentary The Beast and transfers it to a deeper dimension, narrating the adventures, the hazards and the deeds lived by these migrants and himself -as he also rides the beast along migrants- go through on the dreadful journey that these daring men and women follow in pursuit of an economic prosperity that often leads them to a tragic outcome of their plans. La bestia, la tragedia de migrantes centroamericanos en Mexico is a well-documented book that serves as a historical record of the most recent events about of the phenomenon of Central American migration, as well as gathers the testimonies of the migrants he meets along the migrant’s route , presenting his chilling interviews with men and women who desperately seek to reach the U.S. In this book, Ultreras presents a summary of the 2010 atrocious mass massacre of migrants in Mexico, the 2011 dramatic caravan of Central American family members seeking their missing relatives in Mexico, as well as a brief analysis of the first ever immigration law the Mexican government enacted in the wake of the mass killings of migrants. La bestia, la tragedia de migrantes centroamericanos en Mexico is profusely enriched with photographs taken by the author.
