Thu Apr 5 -- 08:31 [text] hello i am sorry to bother you but i need your assistance -- i am hector -- cesars friend -- its an emergency now for cesar -- are you in el norte? i think we are also -- arizona near nogales or sonoita -- since yesterday we are in this truck with no one coming -- we need water and a doctor -- and a torch for cutting metal Thu Apr 5 -- 08:48 please text me annimac -- we need help Thu Apr 5 -- 08:59 are you there annimac? it's hector -- please text me Thu Apr 5 -- 09:52 there was a storm -- 1 bar only now -- ARE YOU THERE??? Thu Apr 5 -- 10:09 1 bar -- something's broken -- maybe from the lightning -- the helicopter came again but doesn't stop -- how do they not see us? nothing going now Thu Apr 5 -- 10:26 [soundfile] Hello? I hope this works. Still one bar only but I'm recording now and when the signal comes back I will send it in a soundfile with all the details and the information from César. He is badly hurt, AnniMac -- unconscious. I looked in his contacts for someone else, but the Mexican numbers won't work now, and you are the only one with an American code. I hope you are his friend. I know him from school, but I haven't seen him in many years. We've been together only a short time now to cross the border and already he gave me so many things. I have been telling him he's not alone, that I sent you messages and you're coming soon, that you will save us. I don't know if he hears, but in this darkness how will he know to live without a voice -- some sign of life? So I talk to him, and to you also. AnniMac, if you get these messages and come to look for us what you are looking for is a water truck -- an old Dina. The tank is a big one -- ten thousand liters and you will know it when you see an adobe-color truck that says on the side AGUA PARA USO HUMANO -- Water for Human Use. But that doesn't mean you can drink it. This one is different because someone has painted J and R so it says now JAGUAR PARA USO HUMANO. I saw this in the garage before we loaded and I didn't know if it was graffiti or some kind of code, the secret language of coyotes, but then I was nervous to ask and later it was too late. Excerpted from The Jaguar's Children by John Vaillant All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.