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A 20-something from El Salvador, who didn’t want his name used, showed us this.
He was shot 14-15 times.
Gunmen came to kill his mother. He grabbed their rifle to push it out of the way & they fired.
She was killed.
He’s one of 2K here in Piedras Negras trying to seek asylum.
He was shot 14-15 times.
Gunmen came to kill his mother. He grabbed their rifle to push it out of the way & they fired.
She was killed.
He’s one of 2K here in Piedras Negras trying to seek asylum.
His wife & children left immediately. They were caught crossing & she’s on the US side, tracked via ankle monitor.
He was sent to the hospital, where everyone thought he was dead. They even stopped giving oxygen, when someone grabbed his hand & he jolted awake.
He was sent to the hospital, where everyone thought he was dead. They even stopped giving oxygen, when someone grabbed his hand & he jolted awake.
“That day, I lost practically everything: my family, my mother, my house—everything, everything.”
When he was in the hospital, the gunmen came looking for him again.
When he was in the hospital, the gunmen came looking for him again.
He heard about the new caravan forming & left within 24 hours of the news.
He was still covered in bandages. He trekked for three weeks before arriving in Coahuila, & was then bussed to this shelter on the border.
He was still covered in bandages. He trekked for three weeks before arriving in Coahuila, & was then bussed to this shelter on the border.
He has scars all over his body—his hands, his arms, his chest, his back.
There’s a huge surgery scar across his belly where they operated. Doctors removed 70cm of intestine from his body—2 ft.
There’s a huge surgery scar across his belly where they operated. Doctors removed 70cm of intestine from his body—2 ft.
Now, he’s waiting here in Piedras Negras: first for a Mexican humanitarian visa, then to apply for US asylum.
No one knows what to expect. They don’t know how long they’ll be in this shelter, & even if they get out, the Eagle Pass port of entry is only taking 15 per day.
No one knows what to expect. They don’t know how long they’ll be in this shelter, & even if they get out, the Eagle Pass port of entry is only taking 15 per day.
He & others ask: What’s the process? How long do we wait? Should we cross on our own?
What can we say? We suggest they don’t cross on their own, but alternative isn’t comforting: The laws are always changing. We don’t know how long they’ll have to wait.
“Es muy duro,” they say.
What can we say? We suggest they don’t cross on their own, but alternative isn’t comforting: The laws are always changing. We don’t know how long they’ll have to wait.
“Es muy duro,” they say.
There are 2K migrants in Piedras Negras alone, many w/stories as harrowing or worse.
The US response has been to send 250 troops to Eagle Pass.
There’s been no attempt to let more people in & no attempt to send humanitarian aid.
The US response has been to send 250 troops to Eagle Pass.
There’s been no attempt to let more people in & no attempt to send humanitarian aid.
His hope is to leave this shelter, where he’s surrounded by hundreds of soldiers that he says look like the gunmen that tried to kill him.
He wants to be with his wife & children on the other side.
It’s hard to say when or how that will happen.
He wants to be with his wife & children on the other side.
It’s hard to say when or how that will happen.
