Boston punk band Dropkick Murphys tweeted: "Rolling Stone you should be ashamed. How about one of the courageous victims on your cover instead of this loser scum bag!"
Miguel Ángel Trevino Morales, known as "Z 40," was taken into custody near the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo by armed forces who intercepted his pickup truck with a helicopter at about 3:45 a.m. Monday morning.
Central Americans have been catching freight trains to the U.S. border for years, risking injury or worse for a free ride and a path clear of Mexican government checkpoints.
Blogger Timothy A. Evans writes about his experience working in Costa Rica for Fundación Acción Joven, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to reducing junior and high school dropout rates.