FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION by Steven Mayers and Jonathan Freedman
COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE EDITOR’S NOTE by Mimi Lok
MAP OF MIGRATION ROUTES
Soledad Castillo, Honduras: “Nobody wanted me.”
Josué Nieves, El Salvador: “My father didn’t want me to see that he was crying.”
Gabriel Méndez, Honduras: “I was made to do things I didn’t want to do.”
Jhony Chuc, Guatemala: “You ride on top of the Beast and are totally exposed.”
Noemi Tun, Guatemala: “People fought over water and land.”
Isabel Vásquez, El Salvador: “Before, a village like ours was so beautiful, and suddenly things were ruined.”
Danelia Silva, El Salvador: “He’d break down doors and come through the windows, or, if not, from the roof, up the fire escape.”
Adrián Cruz, Guatemala: “I was solito, solito. I decided to cross by myself.”
Pedro Hernandez, Guatemala: “The immigration police herded us into cars and drove us to la hielera, the freezer.”
Cristhian Molina, Honduras: “For eighteen years I have wandered from the bottom to the top of North America, trying to change my life.”
Rosa Cuevas, El Salvador: “We walked for days, through the jungle, risking our lives, not meeting anyone.”
Ernesto González, Honduras: “I’m the only one still alive.”
Julio Zavala, Honduras: “When I slept, there were cameras on four sides.”
Ismael Xol, Guatemala: “Maybe I’ll be transferred to the university next year as planned, or maybe I’ll be deported back to Guatemala.”
Itzel Tzab, Guatemala: “Only by leaving my studies could I work to pay him back.”
APPENDIXES
- Ten Things You Can Do
- Historical Timeline
III. Glossary
- Essays
Risk Factors for Children
Violence against Women