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Glossary fichar/fichara drinking and dancing with customers for tips gastitos little expenses indígena of indigenous ancestry; also called indios/as Latino/Latina male or female of Hispanic descent; not representative of a particular nationality mexicana female Mexican national polleros literally, “chicken rancher”—those who smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States; also called coyotes pollos literally, “chickens”—those who try to cross into the United States illegally Zona Norte literally, “Northern Zone”—the name of the neighborhood located between the border fence, footpath, and Avenida Revolución zona de tolerancia literally, “tolerance zone”—the nickname given to zoned commercial districts where sex work is tolerated by police; also called la zona roja, or “redlight district” THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

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