Coming Into the Country; Epilogue Summary and Analysis

Ted returned to Queretaro with the group of Mexican men aboard the bus called the White Arrow. One of the men, a young Mexican named Jesus who had spent time with Ted over the previous weeks, told Ted that he'd been up very late the previous night with a girlfriend. Someone asked if it was Maria Elena, the mother of Jesus' two-year-old son, but he says he was with Evangelica. It's only then that Jesus revealed his plan, that he was to meet Evangelica near the border and that she planned to cross with them. The men changed busses and met up with Evangelica at Sonoita. Some of the group said there were many coyotes and that they would wait for the best possible price. They didn't want a long-distance courier but only...