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Assignment. The Death and Life of Frankie Madrid - California Sunday Magazine
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Aug 1, 2019
Beto had made the 500-mile journey to Hermosillo, Mexico, hoping that he would find Frankie alive, but he knew his mind was playing tricks on him. It wasn’t until he opened the casket at the funeral home that it hit him: Frankie was gone. There were scratches on the side of his neck, ears, and face, and the undertakers had dressed him in a buttoned-down white shirt with a black bandana pattern that Beto knew Frankie would have hated. Beto gave him a hug and a kiss with a soft, “I love you.” Outside the funeral home, relatives whom Beto barely remembered rushed to hug him and give him condolences in a Spanish he couldn’t grasp.
The Death and Life of Frankie Madrid
He couldn’t come back across the border, but his ashes did.
The Death and Life of Frankie Madrid
He couldn’t come back across the border, but his ashes did.