That across the street is Mexico, my friends. See here all these families passing through on a daily basis. No, they come from Mexico to Guatemala. In other words, we are doing an illegal border crossing right now. Exactly here, you can see that the atmosphere is starting to get worse. a little denser good how are you first of all to the creator of heaven and earth that for him nothing is impossible and faith was great and gave us the strength and strength to get here to where we are and continues to guide us to our destination restaurant El immigrante with the flag of Venezuela right in front of the national guard car we are at this moment on the border between Guatemala and Mexico this city is called Tecunumán and here just a few blocks away is the border The river that divides the two countries towards the City of Hidalgo in Chiapas Mexico and this city of Tecunumán is very important not only because of its historical context since Tekun Uman was a Mayan warrior and prince who gave his life fighting for freedom from the Mayan empire but this city is also very important and very recognized because It is part of the route of immigrants who are going to pursue that famous and slightly overrated American dream, many families who have crossed all of South America, Africa, Asia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, many of them who cross the great Darien jungle on foot. with their families with their entire lives in two human suitcases is an almost obligatory step for many of them who are looking for their way north to the United States and Canada and that is exactly what we have come here to do to understand. This part of the route we will hopefully find some immigrants who will tell us their stories and depending on how things look, we will get with them on a wooden raft to cross the river to Mexico and live at least a piece of a fragment of the experience that It means this migratory route, so popular in the world, from Guatemala to Mexico , come with me. This is the main square of Tecunumán. It was very nice. I'm the only one. See, there's no one because everyone is in the shadows. I'm the only crazy one who at 12 noon. It is almost with this solazo that is here right in the middle of the plaza and this Plaza is very important, not only the plaza but the city because Tecunumán is a pre-Hispanic city. What does it mean that there was already a town here, a civilization before the arrival of The Spaniards know that all the history here in Tecunumán goes back hundreds and hundreds of years. It is a very important city due to its proximity to Mexico, also because of its trade. When you enter the city, there are only trucks and a large customs office to look at everything that Those little trucks have inside and so many of the people here live off the trade between those two countries, just having Mexico there next to them on the border is very important. Please help us so I can continue with my family. United States. God. Bless the dad and I see that this sign says that they want to get to the United States Well yes that is the goal of where they come from Venezuela from what part of Venezuela they come from the state of Táchira de Táchira And how long ago did they leave there November 20 November 20 or It's been about two TR months, almost three months and something, and this month we turned four and how did they do with Dari, well, there, as we could, they went through it. Yes, of course, we, the mother, and another one who is there with her Wow, and the girls also went through it. Yes, of course, all three and how was that experience? Hard That's the hardest no no Which is the hardest this one From here, yes, the cement jungle Like who says Which is the cement jungle, from Mexico on up, what no? No, no, you leave the jungle because it's tougher and the auks want to be, like, say, pushing it back, uh, taking money from it. I'm staying in a tent over there near the river but on the Mexican side and I'm crossing over here to rearm with them for food and for me to cross to the other side of the River where he recommends that I do it from here to right Well good trip [Music] This is normal we have just started the video I literally have what the video takes is what I have been here and suddenly we started recording and we found families of immigrants here, in this case Venezuelans, and the Lord tells me that if I continue on this journey to that planet Juan Bueno bye tells me that if I continue straight there I will reach the river and I could cross where there are tents of people who live there, no, so I think that is the plan without further ado. Let's go ahead and look for the river and cross. To Mexico you What a beautiful blue church, very pretty, well decorated How nice to meet you even if it's just in passing and quickly but we must continue from here to the rba feet very far away eh about 5 minutes on foot a few blocks thank you thank you Well a few blocks walking here to the river is not so serious on Our way to the river We have here all this commerce sales of candy sweets of donuts salt tecunumán these donuts are sweet or salty they are sweet and well the policeman tells me that 5 minutes right here is the first time I was here I don't I know I'm going to [__] a transport because it's doing a great job to see if any of these gentlemen will take me to the river. Hello, from here to the river, just how much does it charge me? Wednesday, I'll get on quickly so that they don't whistle at us, son of a mother, thank you. What's your name? This transport yes What is the name of the transport Ah tricycles tricycles Aha Ah well These are not like the ones like motorcycle taxis but this one is pedaling pedaling No yes doing exercise Hey the one who Pita s is this man a cam looks like a truck hair looks like a truck Brother, I come to look for stories about immigrants. Do you think I can find some here? I'm an immigrant. Yes, Uh, that's what there is more. Yes. Yes, there at the river where we're going, you can cross. Yes, you can. There, we're already entering somewhere. It's not. pass the river And what is that called coyote pass pass Palenque pass Palenque Aha pass Coyote up there are several steps that are what take you to an Aha and pass Palenque pass Coyote For the red pass further down Ah here we begin to enter then to the first step This is one of the many steps that there are between Guatemala and Mexico, whether the river is exactly in front of you Ah, you can leave me here in peace, I'll walk Here yes yes yes there is no problem You can go there easily very well Thank you very much. Good morning. That was my transportation. We arrived in record time, almost 3 minutes, and that is very interesting because it is a dynamic, everything revolving around the passage to Mexico. Look at all these visitors that are there next to it, as they call the tricycles here. There is a sale of fruits, there is a whole economy, there is a parking lot and there are these bcits that are like big floats with a piece of wood on top. We even have a sale of fruits and mangoes and pods, but look, that over there in front is Mexico, my friends, incredible, look at all of them. These people passing from one place to the other on a raft this is amazing, see here all these families passing on a daily basis, not in everyday life, this moves, they come from Mexico to Guatemala and well, they go from Guatemala to Mexico, there is room for one more Mexico Let's go to Mexico permission because I'm going to get my foot wet noo brother what's this friend's name chat chat chat the border between Mexico and Guatemala we are there just there tacos already there next door there we don't know Ciudad Hidalgo no í Ciudad Hidalgo Chiapas It's because it's from Chiapas And that bridge there, so what is it for, so that the people who are going there, let's say with their ID cards or with their passports, can pass? Oh, here it's like underground, here it's illegal, that is, at this moment we're doing an illegal crossing of the Exa border, it's not good to know, at least I have my American passport, but this one, the car we're bringing doesn't come, it's in our name, it's in my daughter's name, and so we can't pass the car, it has to be in her name, bring a power to be able to pass the car we are at this moment crossing the border from Guatemala to Mexico on the Zuchiate River and we are doing it in a boat just like this one Just like the same one where I am on this platform and this is really an illegal crossing of the border we are crossing the river just like that because the legal crossing would be on that bridge there we are two seconds away from touching Mexican land we are already in Mexican territory really because half of the river is the border and Guatemala was left behind in 5 minutes and We are now entering Mexico. Everyone from Mexico comes to Guatemala, they have happy faces. They look happy with their merchandise, these guys do pass like this briefly, not also the people walk by right now they walk by, they have to bring clothes to change s That's the thing that such V the pass and they are like how we more or less arrive let's go one by one slowly please friends we have achieved it we are in Mexico at this moment we are in Mexico incredible this started 10 minutes ago in the main square of Tecunumán Guatemala and now we are in Mexico of course brother take out your cell phone one is that they are constantly arriving and arriving and these Rafts arriving, I think it's like a tractor tire, a tire from some [__] that's very big, a couple of pieces of wood and that's it brother. There you cross the border and this border crossing has always existed because it is a very commercial crossing. important between the two countries but nowadays it is used a lot as part of the migratory route to the United States. Well, let's explore this part of Ciudad Idalgo Mexico a little. We are in Chiapas for the first time, stepping into Mexican territory, where our border crossing was. of today this step here This step here This step here but there is a further step called the coyote step they all have a different name greetings to all who look at the Planeta Juan page thank you Thank you and the people here are fine Kind and look at all this from here to there, they are pure migrant migration tricks that come from all over the world, brother, here we have people on both sides, we have some people here, some families there, and I'm curious to know what countries they come from. Because I'm sure they will come from many countries in the world that you can't even imagine here. You can see that the atmosphere is starting to get a little thicker. The smell of marijuana is a little stronger. There are bonfires and they are burning pods. There are many tents here. This is it, friends. I'm already in In the neighborhood, these little carps have obviously been spread somewhere else, probably in the Darian jungle, that's what I'm interested in seeing. Let's kill ourselves here and see if we can talk to someone. Hello, How is the Darien route? I'm looking for people. that I have gone through it as not all of you have gone through it. I can ask you how it was, how was that experience, but not impossible, daddy, strong, how strong. Look at the question of the rivers because one was carrying children. If you understand me clearly, and one didn't know where. step on And that, but relatively little by little one was advancing how long it took them to cross it a day and a half and we even ran out of food a day what did they run out of food a day and a half and well a group came all together the five of you did not come a group family yes, a family group that is made up of my two children, my two grandchildren, my son-in-law, a nephew, my husband and I, at least about eight or so and the eight of them managed to get here thanks to God first of all to the creator of heaven and earth who for him Nothing is impossible and faith was great and gave us the strength and strength to get to where we are and will continue to guide us to our destination. What is the destination? You already have the city, you already know more or less from where it falls to where God puts us. Where God places us well in the decision, it is all in his hands, he is the one who decides, we can say we are going to Miami , but if he doesn't want that, we will stay in Chicago. Well, very brave, I tell you because that route is very hard. One sees hard from the outside but it is not impossible what was that hardest moment that you remember was that in the early morning when a tiger came out to us a liop I don't know what it was but it was like black a panther like a panther Exactly they saw dead people in the road a girl a man a girl How old I don't know why she is like me and in one face there was a girl Well thank God that when we crossed the river the last river was not there since when they were going to leave to grab the canoes it was The one that was a little strong that we went through in a chain is something they would do again. Look, I'm honest, I wouldn't like to go through it again, but if they come back to me here, the question is, believe me, I'll come back here again and how long have they been here? here in this camp we are going to arrive right now in the morning ah They are recent, I mean here is a couple of days and continue and the train awaits you, not the one with the beast, it is called, you are going to take it because we are also, as they say, with the last enti And where do you come from in the capital capital Well , good luck on the journey Thank you for answering my questions Real questions all these tents are yours here is the whole family here in this little piece Well see you later thank you thank you and just like that we have crossed from country to country and we have known some stories of people who crossed the Darien crossed Colombia The Darien Panama all The countries between Panama and here, that is, Costa Rica, perhaps Honduras or perhaps El Salvador, are in Guatemala and at the end of Guatemala because we are already in Mexico at this moment, no, and it is to continue the route to the train to the famous La Bestia train here we have like a kind of dining room Suddenly they sell something like lunches here and there is a kitchen we already have the business set up people are arriving here and here they are served to fill the bar and more and more and more tents from here to there more stories and here up I suppose that the city of Hidalgo is not 30 years old and you crossed the Dariana how long ago l about three weeks and how long did it take you to cross it from the time you left home to reach this point? How long has a plateau been? Ju yes Oh come on, we're talking about Adventures V we som Well then, nice to meet you brother how are we doing it's coming out there in a video Hello Nice to meet you How are you we come with planet Well but you So where do you come from Venezuela from what? [Music] Zulia part through Maracaibo not around there how long ago they left Venezuela be here January 23 January Oh so they don't have almost anything they arrived quickly here they are running and how did it go with the Darian thing they told me that It's hard No, I damaged both knees, both knees were damaged, but right now they are healthy but And how was that, tell how it went, not strong, well, since we caught the Darien from the Colombian side, it was literally soft, don't you come rest? and it was very hard but from Panama that is very hard. So being here at this moment in Mexico, we are in Mexico, the hardest thing of all has been the giving, there has been something even harder, the Guatemalan police that robbed us, it seems There are a lot of those types of cases, they didn't steal all our money, so right now, what are they doing to survive right now? Well, people, you are a couple and the baby, the baby is the first, yes, and well, having a baby on board, what's that like? That story about It was very horrible, the child came out that as soon as you could see his eyes from the jungle, he came out very sprouted, and rather he only has what is left on his back . Yes, he grabbed a sprout from her, that sprout. that some [ __ ] some plant something I don't know, I was bitten by a poisonous animal and look here on the neck that first started with a PS Oh yes you have a purple Yes first it started with a point and then this one as it grew growing up if I didn't take a medicine there that they gave me at the Red Cross Eh they could remove my skin from there the skin gave you a fever or something Yes I had two days with a fever Well what is the final destination not good for now they are not going to receive New York they have someone there Canada yes Yes brother good luck Thank you very much for the time I hope that Baby recovers soon it looks very good it looks pretty good where they are staying in this red tent and they spread that one there in Dari and every time every moment that was the El Hot hotel we left Venezuela enter Well then if we wanted to see Listen to stories of these we came to the right place all these are families of immigrants who are waiting here to suddenly be given some help some service and take some transportation to continue to the United States all the families around here some have been two TR days four inclusive c days Waiting There are many who have just arrived and well look from side to side everything is full of people who keep arriving and keep arriving what is it People are waiting [Music] Here I am arriving today [Music] sir, a question sir, these people are waiting here, we are waiting for the buses that are going to leave that are going to take us from immigration Ah well, buses Okay, thank you but as you realize it is full and here on out Welcome to Ciudad Hidalgo Ciudad Hidalgo Chiapas there is a topic there is no topic that they already told me when I turned off the camera and that is that the danger of the migrant route from here up is not only The fact that the army takes it is not just that the immigration police take it, but that the cartels take it, so all those families that we saw before are going to be entering Mexico, avoiding those two authorities, the legal authority and the illegal authority, in any case authority. After all, because the cartels have taken this migration business as a very lucrative source of income to charge people for security and transportation and not to ruin their lives on their way to the United States. Entering here we are already about two blocks away from the river more or less another market has not been a little market the same as on the Guatemala side but on the Mexico side Let's see what else we find there on the way just to get to know a New Mexican city to get to know a place of Chiapas, let's say it in some way, although I know that Chiapas is gigantic and there's much more to go to get to know it, no, but let's walk while we're here a little further there to see what else there is, go ahead and come goal the boss's hand the main square Where The Central Plaza is here Ah thank you we arrived Ah This is a very small city or at least it was perfectly located next to the plaza Welcome to the main plaza of Ciudad Hidalgo or what at least they told me that this was pure commerce All carpitas, all food, and a park for the children. What I don't see is the main church. Well, there's the church in the plaza, the town church. A small blue church. It's not colonial. I don't think it was built 500 years ago by the Spaniards I highly doubt it and next to it there is a little market to eat, a market in general, what I am doing is not even 1% of the reality of people who have to leave their home to migrate to another country and for life reasons He doesn't have a passport, he doesn't have money and he has to walk and he has to travel through the Darien and he has to cross the jungle and get on buses and camp in front of a river and so on, what I'm doing is stupid compared to what he's doing. People have to live to reach their final destination, a complete nonsense. I'm going back to the bals right now and I'm going home and I continue my journey through Guatemala in peace, but these people still have a long way to go to walk and see it with our own eyes. knowing that they are people who simply have had no other option and because of a government that turned its back on them they have to leave their home that is a serious thing friends But obviously there are many shelters for immigrants and immigrant houses that help these people suddenly to give them a shower to give them food to give them something but they are full they don't have enough So they have to camp there at the river Look at this line There they are running from one side to another something happened there That's not normal for them to be running like that from one place to another so like that but then since all these places are so full and they can't cope, they have to camp in the river and the authorities know it. So let's say that there is no other option, they leave them there. While they find a transport for them to continue the route but doing that entire route is expensive because noom else in the Darien you have to pay to be able to pass to the groups that are in charge of the jungle, not that they are not exactly official government authorities that provide security but well security for themselves. It will be because where one does not pay That is where the insecurity is and here it happens Exactly the same thing, look at that white truck that is there, it is from the National Guard of Mexico and it is completely surrounded by an immigration situation out of control restaurant The immigrant with the flag of Venezuela just In front of the national guard car, going down here there are more tents and look at that number of people. How many people there are here, Mr. Ah, the camera, why is something happening there? An officer from the national guard stopped me to ask me questions. look at my passport that I was recording but very good people very dear I mean I answered everything I showed my passport I told him that I had a YouTube channel and he told me nothing to be careful and that I just wanted to know what I was up to and well here I am passing this new bridge so that it can take me back to the river not without before saying goodbye to a friend that I met who told me to say goodbye before leaving All good all good or what did he come to say goodbye to me hand that the lunch was delicious and good luck on the way up there not see you later bye bye this friend of the I just said goodbye, I found him here and he was cooking for his wife and children on this stove, no. And also the curious thing is that you can cross the river on foot, so you're going to get wet, yes, you have to have clothes to change into, but it's not. It is strictly necessary to take one of these rafts because look, let's go there and I'll show you what the peanuts are like. This is around here. The river has a rising season. It has a falling season. Right now we are in the season when it is low and the man from the Mexican national guard told me that I would like to cross Guatemala on my way back, I told him well, brother. In any case, it's good. And here we are crossing on foot because literally the river is so dry that if my calculations are not wrong as it is right Where is this little cart of things here at this point Exactly it is that you cross the border yes or no Guatemala and AC no but it is this line see because this line is half of the Mexico and Guatemala bridge here just like Mexico and there we cross to Ah well cool brother, nice to meet you, my name is Camilo, my name is Camilo, and where do you come from in Venezuela, what part of Zulia, ah, of Zulia, Ah, well, one can walk on foot, only one gets wet, yes, one can get wet, one's feet get wet, one's feet get wet, and that's it. where here from Mexico I from Colombia Bogotá Colombia of course you see that here people come to bathe in the literal river you can pass like the girls and arrive in Guatemala crazy friends a real hallucination we are going to take the raft and we are going to Guate continue the journey because from now on the expedition that awaits us in Guatemala is a wild one and it is serious, a very important place that we have to know. So Guatemala is not waiting and Our path continues back there. Sorry, I'll get on here, thanks. There I am on the edge edge Thank you very much we are back from Mexico to Guatemala calm in this bals relaxed they call merchandise for there or you are from Guate or Mexico and it is good business to buy there to take some things there Yes that is this route It has always existed as a commodity, more than anything, not to pay taxes, evade taxes. Ah F, mother. Don't say that, we are on camera live and direct, sister, if the government steals from us, Well, we too don't have to risk our lives if the government he steals more So we don't pay the taxes because the taxes for them are stolen, words from my friend here on the raft, a Guatemalan, but I've been looking over there because I feel like I'm going to fall. Sorry, thank you, thank you, and well, friends, that was it. Today's tour I hope that we have simply gotten to know together a side of migration that perhaps we did not know so face to face, not because the next time we meet a migrant out there we know at least this 1% of what they have to do. going from the Grand Total of that experience that can be very traumatic for many who have to live with thousands of migrants a day in order to improve their quality of life and reach another country. The American dream may be overrated for many but it can still be a very good opportunity for many others Guatemala there I'm going at a speed maybe not very fast But safe That's where the chicken What's the name of the chicken the countryman Yes that's where I'm going Greetings to the grandmother transporting me that brought me back to Guatemala from back to the square where this video started How crazy friends How crazy well wait for the next one because this is not over yet chaol
