Monday, November 6, 2017

SANCTUARY CITIES: ILLEGALS ABOVE THE LAW AND VOTING FOR MORE

Immigration Brief: Understanding Sanctuary Policies

Washington, D.C. (November 6, 2017) - There are about 300 state and local governments with laws, rules, or policies that impede federal efforts to enforce immigration laws. But what exactly does that mean to the average American citizen? Since 2014, about 10,000 criminal aliens who were released because of sanctuary policies were arrested – again – for new crimes.  That’s 10,000 preventable crimes. Sanctuary policies make us all less safe.
Jessica Vaughan, Director of Policy Studies
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Further Reading: 

Maps: Sanctuary Cities, Counties, and States
Tackling Sanctuaries
Sanctuary Cities - Yes or No?

The Human Cost of a Sanctuary County's 'Malicious Compliance' Policy



JUDICIAL WATCH:

ILLEGALS VOTING IN MASSIVE NUMBERS IN MEX-OCCUPIED CA




''California is going to be a Hispanic state," said Mario Obeldo, former head of MALDEF. "Anyone who does not like it should leave."

(THIS IS DATED. MEXICO NOW HAS INVADED ALL STATES )
And M.E.Ch.A's goal is even more radical: an independent ''Aztlan,'' the collective name this organization  gives to the seven states of the U.S. Southwest – Arizona,  California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah."

ILLEGALS VOTING:
WILL MEXICO ELECT ALL FUTURE U.S. PRESIDENTS?


“Mexicans cheat, distribute drugs, lie, forge documents, steal and kill as if it’s a normal way of life. For them, it is. Mexico’s civilization stands diametrically opposed to America’s culture.” FROSTY WOOLDRIDGE

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“Based on that investigation, a federal grand jury in Sacramento recently returned a nine-count indictment against Gustavo Araujo Lerma, 62, and his wife Maria Eva Velez, 64. Araujo is charged with aggravated identity theft, passport fraud, conspiracy to commit unlawful procurement of naturalization and citizenship, and five counts of voting by an alien.”  LLOYD BILLINGSLEY


LA RAZA CARTEL MEMBERS JOSE EMANUEL GARCIA SOTA and JESUS IVAN QUEZADA PINA GO TO PRISON FOREVER! THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR MURDERING AN AMERICAN I.C.E. AGENT!


Life in Prison: Two Cartel Members Sentenced For Zapata Murder



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Posted: Nov 06, 2017 1:42 PM

Life in Prison: Two Cartel Members Sentenced For Zapata Murder
After being convicted in July, Mexican cartel members Jose Emanuel Garcia Sota and Jesus Ivan Quezada Piña were sentenced to double life terms in prison Monday afternoon for the murder of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Agent Victor Avila.
“HSI Special Agents Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila were in Mexico to protect and serve our country when they were ambushed by these ruthless criminals, who will now spend the rest of their lives in a prison cell,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco said in a statement.  “This case serves as a reminder, that if you harm a U.S. agent, the U.S. government will pursue you to the ends of the earth to ensure that you are brought to justice.”
In 2011 Zapata and Avila were on official assignment in Mexico when they were ambushed by members of the Zetas while driving on a highway driving back to the United States. The members sent a barrage of bullets into the ICE vehicle, killing Zapata and severely wounding Avila. 
“Special Agents Zapata and Avila dedicated themselves to federal law enforcement,” U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu said.  “While working on behalf of our country, they were ruthlessly gunned down in a carjacking attempt by members of hit squads for the Los Zetas drug cartel.  We have never forgotten what happened to these two American heroes in that ambush on a Mexican highway more than six years ago.  The sentencings this week reflect our determination to protect U.S. officials abroad and bring to justice those who do them harm.”
Seven Mexican nationals were charged in connection to the Zapata/Avila case. The rest of them will be sentenced on Tuesday.

“The sentences handed down today should serve as a powerful message to drug cartels and other transnational criminal organizations that there is no escape from justice, and that we will not rest until they have been held accountable for their crimes to the fullest extent of the law,” ICE Acting Director Thomas Homan said.  “We remain grateful to the government of Mexico, the Department of Justice, and all our partners involved in sending these murderers to prison.  The men and women of ICE will not forget the example of bravery and sacrifice set by Special Agent Zapata as we work to eradicate these criminal networks across the globe.”
An inspectors general report published in March showed the Zeta cartels who killed Zapata were armed by the Obama administration after ATF failed to arrest known straw purchasers working to traffic guns from Texas to cartels in Mexico. 
“I began asking questions about the shady operations of the ATF and its gunwalking operations more than six years ago.  Congress is still in litigation regarding Fast and Furious to understand the full extent of what happened and how the Obama administration attempted to avoid congressional oversight, and now four and a half years after my request for an IG investigation we’re finally learning more from the Inspector General about another botched operation," Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said about the report.
"Sadly, the information provided by whistleblowers appears to be proven true once again.  ATF did indeed fail to seize illegal firearms that later turned up at a crime scene in Mexico, trafficked by the same suspects who had previously sold two firearms used in the February 15, 2011, attack on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Mexico," he continued. "The circumstances look all too familiar and seem to be part of a pattern of recklessness that failed to recognize the consequences of allowing firearms to get in the hands of the cartels."

El Chapo is insane in jail and needs a shrink, according to lawyers who say the drug lord cannot remember people or places and has a constant ringing in his ears because of poor prison conditions

  • El Chapo's lawyers filed a motion in court on Friday demanding he see a doctor
  • They say his mental health has 'deteriorated' in the last month as a result of jail conditions
  • He is being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in Manhattan 
  • The 60-year-old's lawyers say he has memory loss, headaches and a sore throat
  • They say it may be lead to him being deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial
  • Chapo is due to go to trial in April 2018 for charges relating to the drug empire he ran between 1984 and 2014
  • He was captured in Mexico in January 2016 six months after escaping from prison
  • In January this year, El Chapo was extradited to the US and put in jail 
El Chapo's lawyers claim he is losing his mind in prison and are demanding that he be able to see a doctor. 
The 60-year-old Mexican drug lord is being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in downtown Manhattan where he is in constant solitary confinement. 
His attorneys claim the notoriously harsh conditions there have left him with a ringing in his ears, a sore throat and mental health problems. 
They say that in the last month, he has forgotten people and places and claim that staff at the prison treat him unfairly by not allowing him to buy bottled water or batteries for his radio. 
El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquín Guzmán Loera, has been in the prison since January, a year after he was sensationally recaptured in Mexico. 
In January 2016, he was recaptured after spending six months on the run having escaped from Mexico's toughest prison through a tunnel which led to the shower in his cell.
Once he arrived at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in January this year, he was placed under 'special administrative measures' in the prison.
He is due to stand trial in April 2018 but his attorneys say his 'deteriorating mental condition' may render him incompetent.
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El Chapo, 60, (pictured as he was extradited to the US from Mexico in January) is going insane in jail, according to his lawyers 
El Chapo, 60, (pictured as he was extradited to the US from Mexico in January) is going insane in jail, according to his lawyers 
Guzman faces 17 federal charges relating to the drug enterprise he ran as the head of the Sinaloa cartel between the 1980s and when he was caught.  
His capture in 2016 came after a now famous interview with American actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo who visited him in the Sinaloa mountains at one of his safe houses while he was still on the run. 
Their meeting was the subject of a recent Netflix documentary in which Del Castillo, 40, told how she fell in love with Penn while they worked together to meet Chapo and was devastated when he betrayed her to write an article about it for Rolling Stone.  
In a court filing on Friday, his attorneys say they are growing increasingly concerned about his mental health.  
'Counsel has noticed that Mr. Guzman has begun repeating himself often and sometimes forgetting what the discussion is about. 
'It is plain to the defense team that something is not right with Mr. Guzman,' they said in the filing which was obtained by ABC. 
The drug baron is being held in special conditions at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in downtown Manhattan where he is not allowed outside and is in solitary confinement 
The drug baron is being held in special conditions at the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in downtown Manhattan where he is not allowed outside and is in solitary confinement 
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The drug lord, whose real name is Joaquin Guzmán Loera, was recaptured in Mexico in January 2016 (above) six months after escaping from prison for the second time 
The drug lord, whose real name is Joaquin Guzmán Loera, was recaptured in Mexico in January 2016 (above) six months after escaping from prison for the second time 
They demanded that he be looked over by a neuro-psychologist and said that if his condition deteriorates, he may not be fit to stand trial. 
El Chapo is Mexico's most notorious drug baron. 
He operated the Sinaloa cartel for decades, evading capture by the country's law enforcement, and became a hero for local communities who saw him as a Robin Hood figure who looked out for them more than their government did. 
He was first incarcerated in the 1990s. In 2001, he bribed guards in a prison in Jalisco to help him escape. 
El Chapo then spent more than a decade on the run before being recaptured in 2014. 
He was only in bars for another year then escaped for a second time to the humiliation of Mexican authorities in July 2015. 
By the time of his second escape, he had already struck up a rapport with telenovela actress Kate Del Castillo. 
Once out on the run, El Chapo's lawyers contacted her and asked if she would like to meet him to make a movie about his life. They signed over the rights to her as a show of good faith. 
El Chapo escaped from the Almoloya prison in Mexico in July 2015 through a hole in his shower which led to an underground tunnel 
El Chapo escaped from the Almoloya prison in Mexico in July 2015 through a hole in his shower which led to an underground tunnel 
While on the run, he met with Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo at a safe house. Penn wrote a Rolling Stone article about the meeting and Castillo planned to make a movie about his life, with his permission. Days after this photograph was taken, a raid on the property days later caused him to flee again. It is thought the pair were under surveillnce by Mexican officials
While on the run, he met with Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo at a safe house. Penn wrote a Rolling Stone article about the meeting and Castillo planned to make a movie about his life, with his permission. Days after this photograph was taken, a raid on the property days later caused him to flee again. It is thought the pair were under surveillnce by Mexican officials
In January 2016, five months after breaking out of prison and three months after his meeting with Penn and Del Castillo, El Chapo was captured at this house in Los Michos 
In January 2016, five months after breaking out of prison and three months after his meeting with Penn and Del Castillo, El Chapo was captured at this house in Los Michos 
Drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman's last moments in Mexican cell

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El Chapo was the head of the Sinaloa cartel between the 1980s and until he was caught. He is pictured in 1993 (left) after his first arrest and in 2014 (right) when he was recaptured after escaping from jail in 2001
El Chapo was the head of the Sinaloa cartel between the 1980s and until he was caught. He is pictured in 1993 (left) after his first arrest and in 2014 (right) when he was recaptured after escaping from jail in 2001
El Chapo was the head of the Sinaloa cartel between the 1980s and until he was caught. He is pictured in 1993 (left) after his first arrest and in 2014 (right) when he was recaptured after escaping from jail in 2001
Del Castillo, eager to find success in Hollywood, brought Sean Penn in on the venture and the pair traveled to Sinaloa to meet with El Chapo in October 2015.

EL CHAPO TIMELINE 

1993: First arrest in Mexico 
2001: Breaks out of jail for the first time with help of guards 
2014: Is rearrested in Mexico after 13 years on the run 
July 2015: Breaks out of prison for a second time through secret tunnel 
October 2015: Meets with Sean Penn and Kate Del Castillo in Mexico 
Days later, the safe house is raided but he escapes 
January 8 2016: Captured in Los Michos
January 9 2016: Sean Penn's Rolling Stone article is published 
January 2017: Extradited back to the US  
October 2017: Netflix documentary about meeting from Kate Del Castillo is published  
November 2017: El Chapo's lawyers say his mental health is deteriorating 
April 2018: El Chapo's trial date 
They were being monitored by the Mexican government at the time and days later, a SWAT team went to the location where they had met to try to find him but he escaped. 
In the recently released Netflix documentary, The Day I Met El Chapo, Castillo tells how Penn blindsided her during the meeting by asking El Chapo for an interview for Rolling Stone. 
He then appeared in an extraordinary video at Penn's behest to prove he was alive and that their correspondence was genuine. 
Before Rolling Stone published the piece, Chapo was recaptured in another location. Five men died in the shoot-out. 
Officials have since spoken anonymously to say intelligence honed in on the safe house by monitoring the construction of a tunnel there in the days before he arrived. 
On the night of his capture, they said a large taco order to the address gave them reason to believe he was there. 
Penn insists he never tipped off authorities about his meeting and tried to block the Netflix documentary for coming out because he felt it suggested he was complicit.
Despite the fact that El Chapo was ultimately captured at a house which neither Penn nor Castillo ever visited, Mexican authorities said their meeting and correspondence with him and his associated helped them.



THE LA RAZA MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS REMIND AMERICANS (Legals) THAT THERE IS NO (REAL) BORDER WITH NARCOMEX!




SHOCKING IMAGES OF CARTELS ON U.S. BORDERS:

Border Patrol Arrests Previously Deported Sex Offenders


Border Patrol Agents in Texas and Arizona stopped more previously deported sex offenders from illegally re-entering the U.S. The arrests included two criminal aliens with histories of sex crimes against children.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector arrested a Mexican national on Wednesday after he illegally crossed the border near the town of Roma, Texas. The agents transported the illegal alien to the Rio Grande City Station and conducted a background check. The check revealed that a Florida court convicted the Mexican man of Sexual Assault of a Child in 2014. After serving a slap-on-the-wrist sentence of 36 days in jail and two years on probation, immigration officials deported the criminal alien to Mexico. He returned to the U.S. after waiting for the probation to expire.
The following day, agents from the Ajo Station in the Tucson Sector arrested another previously convicted and deported child sex offender. The agents arrested 29-year-old Raul Cano-Garcia, a Mexican national, after he illegally crossed the border in southwestern Arizona. After transporting the illegal alien to the Ajo Station, agents conducted a background check and discovered that a court in Fresno, California, convicted the Mexican national for Lewd and Lascivious Acts with a Child Under the Age of 14. Cano received a three-year prison sentence for his offense against the child. Immigration officials deported the criminal alien to Mexico after he completed his sentence.
On Monday, agents assigned to the Falfurrias Border Patrol Station in Brooks County, Texas, captured a Honduran national attempting to circumvent the checkpoint by hiking through ranchlands. Agents arrested the man and took him to the station for processing. During a background investigation, agents learned the Honduran man’s record included an arrest in Fresno, California for Assault with Intent to Commit Rape.
The three criminal aliens will likely be turned over to the Department of Justice for prosecution for illegal re-entry after removal.
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTXGAB, and Facebook.







Drug Cartel Kingpin’s Capture Opens Control of Smuggling Routes into West Texas

The power vacuum felt following the arrest of a top regional cartel boss is likely to cause a spike–or at least sustain–the ongoing violence rocking the Mexican border state of Chihuahua.

Recently, state authorities announced the capture of Julio Cesar “El Tigre” Escargega Murillo, a man known as the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel cell called Gente Nueva del Tigre. The arrest of the regional kingpin was carried out by a squad of state police officers in the town of Cuauhtemoc.
Escarcega is the son of  Cipriano “Pano” Escarcega Aranda, the police chief in the town of Carichi. El Pano was recently kidnapped presumably by members of the Juarez Cartel, the sworn enemies of Gente Nueva.
During the arrest, Escarcega Murillo, who also goes by the name “El 109” or “El Comandante”, was spotted driving a Jeep Cherokee along with five of his men carrying several machine guns and grenade launchers. One of the gunmen is underage and faces charges as a juvenile. El Tigre and his four adult gunmen are facing federal weapons and criminal activity charges.
While El Tigre is wanted by Mexican federal authorities on various charges in relation to his role as a kingpin, in Chihuahua, state prosecutors charged him in connection with the kidnapping of three men and two underage teen males in 2015.
The kidnapping victims were taken from various parts of Cuauhtemoc in December 2015 for torture at a warehouse. The victims were abused to extract information regarding the murder of a taxi driver.
The Sinaloa cell, Gente Nueva del Tigre, is actively fighting factions of the Juarez Cartel called “La Linea” and “Los Aztecas or Barrio Azteca”, Breitbart Texas reported. Control of key smuggling routes through Chihuahua into West Texas is the primary prize.
Robert Arce is a retired Phoenix Police detective with extensive experience working Mexican organized crime and street gangs. Arce has worked in the Balkans, Iraq, Haiti, and recently completed a three-year assignment in Monterrey, Mexico, working out of the Consulate for the United States Department of State, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Program, where he was the Regional Program Manager for Northeast Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas.)


Mark Levin: ‘There Is a Big, Ugly Side to Illegal Immigration’

Thursday on Levin TVnationally syndicated radio show host Mark Levin warned about the dangers of illegal immigration saying, “There is a big, ugly side of illegal immigration,” Levin said. “There’s all kinds of crimes being committed by people who aren’t supposed to be here.”









42 Texas-Bound Tourists Robbed at Gunpoint by Mexican Cartel Gunmen




A passenger bus was shot at and carjacked in the border state of Coahuila while en route to McAllen, Texas. 

Federal police sources revealed to Breitbart Texas that the robbery took place along the highway that connects the city of Torreon with Saltillo near the community of Parras. A team of gunmen fired at the bus to force it to stop so they could rob the 42 passengers on board.
A team of 10 managed to act with complete impunity as they robbed the passengers at gunpoint taking cash, jewelry, cell phones and important documents such as passports and visas.
The group of tourists left the Mexican state of Durango and were en route to the border city of McAllen, Texas, on a shopping trip. According to El Siglo de Durango, no injuries were reported.
Federal authorities carried out a search operation to locate the gunmen but no arrests were made.
Editor’s Note: Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities.  The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used. Breitbart Texas’ Cartel Chronicles are published in both English and in their original Spanish. This article was written by Tony Aranda from Nuevo Leon and  “J.M. Martinez” from Coahuila. 

THE ILLEGALS' WELFARE AND CRIME COSTS TO THE AMERICAN

MIDDLE CLASS!

“That Washington-imposed policy of mass-immigration floods the market with foreign laborspikes profits and Wall Street values by cutting salaries for manual and skilled labor offered by blue-collar and white-collar employees. It also drives up real estate priceswidens wealth-gaps, reduces high-tech investment, increases state and local tax burdens, hurts kids’ schools and college education, pushes Americans away from high-tech careers, and sidelines at least 5 million marginalized Americans and their families, including many who are now struggling with opioid addictions.” ---- NEIL MUNRO



JUDICIAL WATCH:

“The greatest criminal threat to the daily lives 

of American citizens are the Mexican drug 

cartels.”



“Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country.” JUDICIALWATCH

"An important factor in our long-term 
success requires securing our borders," 
Attorney General Sessions said.

THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS OPERATING IN AMERICA’S OPEN BORDERS

Overall, in the 2017 Fiscal Year, officials revealed that a record-breaking 455,000 pounds plus of drugs had already been seized. In 2016, that number amounted to 443,000 pounds. The 2017 haul is worth an estimated $6.1 billion – BREITBART – JEFF SESSION’S DRUG BUST ON SAN DIEGO

 THE MEXICAN HEROIN AND OPIOID CARTELS NOW OPERATE OUT OF ALL AMERICAN CITIES.

BELOW ARE IMAGES OF WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WILL SOON LOOK LIKE AS MEXICO CONTINUES TO EXPAND THEIR INVASION, OCCUPATION AND LOOTING.


JUDICIAL WATCH:

“The greatest criminal threat to the daily lives 

of American citizens are the Mexican drug 

cartels.”



“Mexican drug cartels are the “other” terrorist threat to America. Militant Islamists have the goal of destroying the United States. Mexican drug cartels are now accomplishing that mission – from within, every day, in virtually every community across this country.” JUDICIALWATCH

"An important factor in our long-term 
success requires securing our borders," 
Attorney General Sessions said.

THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS OPERATING IN AMERICA’S OPEN BORDERS
Overall, in the 2017 Fiscal Year, officials revealed that a record-breaking 455,000 pounds plus of drugs had already been seized. In 2016, that number amounted to 443,000 pounds. The 2017 haul is worth an estimated $6.1 billion – BREITBART – JEFF SESSION’S DRUG BUST ON SAN DIEGO

Inside a neighborhood scarred by drugs and 

despair: Life on the tough streets of Pablo 

Escobar's hometown where drug addicts and 

prostitutes struggle to survive


12 October 2013
It is one of Colombia's most dangerous neighborhoods, a crowded and dilapidated crush of drug dealers, prostitutes and the homeless fight for survival.
But despite the poverty and despair of Barrio Triste - Sad Neighborhood - photographer Juan Arredondo found glimmers of hope among the people who call it home.
For three years, the 35-year-old photographer has documented life in Medellín, once  the most dangerous city in the world, where drug lords and paramilitary groups fight for power.
Survival: A homeless man cooks over an open fire made from bits of wood found on the street

Addicts: Hugo, 33, is one of many drug users who gather in deserted warehouses to smoke crack

Trade: The neighborhood has become a place to trade drugs

Refuge: A sex worker holds her daughter as she makes their meal in a rented hotel room

He became fascinated with Barrio Triste after meeting a mother-of-four who sought refuge in the neighborhood after a paramilitary group killed her husband.
As Medellín, the hometown of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar, cleaned up its act, Barrio Triste remained a battleground for other dealers.
It was once named the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but now mechanics and sex workers trade on its grease-stained streets, and turn to paramilitary group Los Convivir for protection.
But despite the poverty and crime, Arredondo remains optimistic for its future.
'Barrio Triste serves a window to the violent past that once plagued the city of Medellín. It reminds me of a past I left behind and the hardship the citizens of this city and this country have endured over many years,' he said.
Tragedy: A family say goodbye to a child placed in a tiny coffin

Oppressive: It make look uninviting but hotel Rest Stop of the Traveler offers cheap shelter to those displaced by violence

Despair: Orejas, 21, has been living on the streets of Barrio Triste since running away when he was 12

Displaced: With nowhere else to go, this drunk is forced to sleep on the sidewalk

Faith: A cathedral dominates the dilapidated neighborhood

Icon: A painting of Sacred Heart of Jesus, the old name of the town, hangs in a workshop

Worn: Pieces of metal and wire from the mechanics' shops are encrusted in the sidewalk

Savior: A large painting of Jesus is carried through the bustling streets

Down time: Workers play parqu during an afternoon break

Boxed in: A framed photo of a wedding day hangs on the flimsy walls of this man's hut

Home: Carmen Salgado, 67, has been living is this room for 17 years. She pays $6.50 a day in rent

Trapped: A pregnant woman smokes marijuana from the back yard of a repair shop

Hardship: A man who has lost both hands and one leg showers in the ruins of a house

Crowded: Laundry hangs over the bed in a tiny room shared by this family

Cramped: Eight-year-old Jenny shares this rented room with her four brothers, mother and step-father

Comfort: A mother hugs one of her children in their tiny home

Motor city: By day mechanics and car workshops are the main trade

Homeless: Men bathe in the streets among street vendors and traffic

Break: A mechanic rests inside a bus to escape the heat of the afternoon

Pit stop: A worker rests in a local bar in Barrio Triste

Celebration: A pig is slaughtered for a traditional New Year's Eve party

Deprived: Homeless teenagers gather in a sewage tunnel that runs under the neighborhood

Youthful: Despite the despair, children still play happily on a rooftop

Grime: Workers repair vending carts on the street

Broken: Barrio Triste lives up to its name as Sad Neighborhood but Juan Arredondo says there is
hope 


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