NOGALES: A Story of Courage, Survival, and Escape
by Steve Wilson
November 2007

A dramatic story in the genre of Midnight Express, Papillion, and the Shawshank Redemption. Two Americans cross the Mexican border in the 1970's and become victims of a corrupt government that wants to steal land from an indigenous population. Both Americans are imprisoned, tortured, and eventually risk all for a chance at freedom.

"Steve and Bob thought they had found paradise in the small Indian village located in the lush jungle mountains of Michoacan, Mexico. Steve also discovered Pati, a dark-eyed Indian beauty and he was at peace...until the soldiers came on a June morning in 1973. In an instant, Steve and Bob's life would take a very dangerous turn. They were captured, tortured, and held in some of Mexico's worst prisons. There would be no judge, no jury, and no trial. Brought to the edge of despair, they endured prison riots, starvation, and horrible living conditions. They survived only through their friendship and a much needed sense of humor. When they are informed by a sympathetic guard that Steve is to be killed, it is time to formulate a desperate plan to be free or die trying."

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