POVERTY AND FEAR MADE US FLEE OUR CITY FOR REFUGE
According
to a reliable source this story is from the San Jose Calderas, of Guatemala – where estimately
3,000 people live in San Jose Calderas, a small town hidden in the folds of the
Guatemalan hills about an hour from Guatemala City.
There is no paved road into the town
- although some construction work is ongoing right now. And Debora Martina
Junech a 26 years old Pastor, says that cars, buses other vehicles heading here
are frequently robbed.
Debora feeds her two-month-old
daughter as we speak in her mother's kitchen.
She had migrated to
the US, but returned to Guatemala in 2008, with the son she had given birth to
there, after immigration raids in Pottsville, Iowa saw her mother and older
brother deported. Her son's father remained in the US for a short while before
following them back.
Desperate financial situation have
turn some into some social vices and crime such as extortion and kidnapping in
the city making many to flee from the city (Guatemala)for safety.
Aside from the construction work on the road, there are few other opportunities in the area, and extreme weather conditions that have made farming increasingly challenging.
Aside from the construction work on the road, there are few other opportunities in the area, and extreme weather conditions that have made farming increasingly challenging.
There was a time Debora's son was
threatened with kidnapping and worse if the family didn't pay 25,000 quetzals
($3,300) to ensure his safety.

In 2008, more than 400 people were
kidnapped in Guatemala, but the country's public ministry reported that the
number of kidnappings had decreased by 65 percent in 2015. As kidnapping becomes rife,
many Guatemalans fear for their children and feel that it would be better to
try to get them into the US.
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