Conflictos

Acorralados por el hambre y el miedo, migrantes centroamericanos buscan futuro en EE.UU.

La llegada masiva de demandantes de asilo a la frontera sur ha sido calificada por el presidente Donald Trump como una “crisis humanitaria y de seguridad”.

Ricardo Chub-Bo, 40, and his daughter Rosa Maria, 14, from Popt�n in the El Pet�n department of Guatemala, are pictured outside the church hall of the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico on January 2, 2019. - Both spent eight days in migration detention and were released with a group of about 20 Central American migrants to the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico, which provided them hospitality the night of their release. Ricardo originally grew corn in his hometown. However, the prices of crops dropped so low that he could no longer make ends meet for him, his wife and three kids. For these reasons, and in order to provide his daughter with a better education, he decided to come to the United States. Ricardo relies on his daughter to help read letters and numbers while she relies on him to communicate in Spanish as she still isn�t used to speaking it. The two speak to each other in their mother tongue of K'iche', a Maya language spoken in the central highlands of Guatemala. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP)
Ricardo Chub-Bo, 40, and his daughter Rosa Maria, 14, from Popt�n in the El Pet�n department of Guatemala, are pictured outside the church hall of the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico on January 2, 2019. - Both spent eight days in migration detention and were released with a group of about 20 Central American migrants to the Basilica of San Albino in Mesilla, New Mexico, which provided them hospitality the night of their release. Ricardo originally grew corn in his hometown. However, the prices of crops dropped so low that he could no longer make ends meet for him, his wife and three kids. For these reasons, and in order to provide his daughter with a better education, he decided to come to the United States. Ricardo relies on his daughter to help read letters and numbers while she relies on him to communicate in Spanish as she still isn�t used to speaking it. The two speak to each other in their mother tongue of K'iche', a Maya language spoken in the central highlands of Guatemala. (Photo by Paul Ratje / AFP) PAUL RATJE

Mesilla, Estados Unidos. Ovidio López Tum dejó Guatemala junto a su hija para escapar a las extorsiones de las que era objeto. Como otros miles de migrantes que buscan una vida mejor, atravesó México camino a Estados Unidos, donde pidió refugio.

Este hombre que en su natal Chicamán vendía tortillas, cuenta a la AFP que una noche de 2014 fue atacado a machetazos por desconocidos que pretendían extorsionarlo.

Ricardo Chub-Bo, de 40 años, y su hija Rosa Maria, de 14 años, oriundos del departamento de El Petén de Guatemala, pasaron ocho días en detención migratoria y fueron liberados con un grupo de unos 20 migrantes centroamericanos. Permanecen en la Basílica de San Albino en Mesilla, Nuevo México. Foto: AFP (PAUL RATJE/AFP)
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