What’s ‘El Norte’? The school taught us that it’s a cardinal point. But in Mexico is a lot more than that; it’s a metaphor of guidance, a symbol for a better future and a place where dreams can live.
This “No Más Cruces en la Frontera” testimonies are telling us that this illusion for a new destiny often ends with the visions and hopes of men, families and communities buried in the desert.
AJIJIC
Maria Elena went to the U.S. and never came back. Her eldest son was 3, suddenly, three babies left homeless, growing without knowing the whereabouts of her mother and with a feeling of being a burden for uncles and grandparents. Twenty years have passed and the not knowing what happened with her has kept the wound open.
JALPA
‘El Chino’ was the youngest of 11 children, 10 years ago he thought he deserved a better life, that the U.S. would be the place to achieve it and, as strong as he was, dared to challenge the desert... and the desert charged him dearly for their boldness. Now all that's left of him is alive through small actions that his family does to keep his memory.
POZOS
Tuesday, May 13 2003. 19 immigrants died locked inside the trailer that was transporting them to their new destination in the US. Hector Ramirez was one of them. One of the most heartbreaking episodes in the last decade and beyond the media coverage brought an everlasting void for a whole family, which has deepened year by year.
