Exploitation awaits migrant children on Mexico's southern edge

[unhappycamper]

http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-migrants-20140802-story.html#page=1



Anderson Daniel, 7, of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, sits exhausted on a hot street in Tapachula, Mexico. He stays at a shelter for migrant children in the city.

Exploitation awaits migrant children on Mexico's southern edge
By Tracy Wilkinson
8.2.2014

They are called canguritos, little kangaroos, because of the plastic trays of candy, cigarettes and other goods strapped across their bellies.

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"There are narcos everywhere, the factories are closing, gangs ransack homes, no more tourists come," Vazquez said. She lost her job ironing shirts at a maquiladora when it shut down amid security problems.

It has taken Ingrid Palacio Vasquez four months to get this far from her home in Progreso, Honduras, with her children Alesandra, 5, and Kevin, 2. They left because gangs were stealing their possessions, trying to seize their home and demanding they get tattoos and join the ranks.

"They threatened to kill the children," Palacio said. "We hope to have better luck now. I don't know what will happen. But you lose nothing trying."

[DocwillCuNow]

1. First to rec, last to feel the pain and suffering these people are experiencing, may they

find solace soon. This is a horrible reality for anyone, but the children.... so sad. What can an average person do to stop this?? What could help? Oh wait, let's spend our time and resources clamping down on cancer patients who grow their own... that'll help. Sorry, I just can't handle stories like this. This is so damn sad.