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The Espinazo del Diablo (Devil's Backbone) is a region of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the states of Sinaloa and Durango in northwestern Mexico.The region is known its natural beauty and biodiversity, including rare cloud forests, and for a stretch tortuous mountain highway (part of Mexican Federal Highway 40) also called the Espinazo del Diablo.
This section of the highway crosses the Sierra Madre Occidental, and is narrow with many curves, particularly the portion known as the Espinazo del Diablo west of the Sierra crest. It has recently been bypassed by the new Fed. 40D. The old Fed. 40 can take up to 8 hours to travel, while Fed. 40D should only take 3 hours.
The first toll plaza is located at the next interchange, serving the village of Mesillas. The road winds through the area known as the Espinazo del Diablo—the Devil's Backbone—with many bridges and tunnels on the route. [3] The Santa Lucía Bridge
Another destination for adventure tourism for the Verastegui Sierra, where the spectacle of the Espinazo del Diablo (Backbone of the Devil) and its ravines which are up to 300 meters (980 feet) deep can be seen. In this place, access is difficult due to the rough terrain.
The Devil's Backbone (Spanish: El espinazo del diablo) is a 2001 gothic horror film directed by Guillermo del Toro, and written by del Toro, David Muñoz, and Antonio Trashorras. Set in Spain , 1939, during the final year of the Spanish Civil War , the film follows a boy who is left in an orphanage operated by Republican loyalists and haunted ...
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo), a 2001 Spanish film; See also. Battle of Devil's Backbone, a battle in the American Civil War;
En Honduras, la rama del Banco Mundial que presta al sector privado financió a una compañía clave en una disputa sobre derechos de tierras que ha acabado con la vida de más de 130 personas, incluido Gregorio Chávez, un predicador que un día salió a trabajar en su huerto y nunca volvió a casa. En la última década, los préstamos de la Corporación Financiera Internacional y su ...
Devil's Highway, a 2005 horror film directed by Fabien Pruvot; The Devil's Highway: A True Story (2004), Luís Alberto Urrea's creative non-fiction book that describes the harrowing May 2001 attempt of 26 men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway; in 2005, the book was nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction ...