Please provide a short summary of chapter one of The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea.

is a
journalist who did extensive research on a tragic incident for his book .
Twenty-six men (known as the Wellstone 26) left Mexico for the United States, but tragically
only twelve of them survived. Those who lost their lives are known as the Yuma 14. This book is
the story of those twenty-six men as well commentary on how border crossings between Mexico and
the United States work--or do not work. 

Chapter one of
this book establishes the historical context of a place known as The Devil's
Highway....