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CHACON, DANIEL &
EBER
Eber
is Quique's best friend. Twenty-years-old, he's
a strong, hard worker with a generous heart. His
father abandoned his family when he was young and
Eber is now the main breadwinner for his mom and
his younger brothers and sisters.
Eber confessed that his father sometimes shows up
in his neighbourhood without even speaking to him
or his family. Although money is one factor, Eber
is determined to prove to himself that he doesn't
need his father.
Eber has made a previous attempt to reach the U.S.
Daniel, 22 has never
attempted a trip to 'el norte' before. His father
died in 1999 from pneumonia and since then he's
had to support the family.
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He was working as a garbage collector
when he had an unfortunate accident. The truck's blade
for pulling in garbage caught his foot and almost
completely destroyed it. Doctors wanted to amputate,
but his mother insisted that his foot could be saved.
Daniel wore a cast for two months.
He learned to become a cab driver but after many encounters
with traffic police, he lost his license. He borrowed
some money from his mother to travel to the U.S. where
he hopes to have better luck finding a job.
Chacon
is 27 and the oldest of the group. He has six children
and a wife to support. They live in a tiny shack without
water or electricity. He delivers vegetables from
the back of a pickup truck. One day Chacon was almost
killed in a robbery attempt and now he's afraid to
go to poor neighbourhoods to sell.
Chacon is good natured and likes to joke around. But
he's very serious about finding a way out of the extreme
poverty that his family lives in.
Read about the dangers Quique and his friends faced
on their journey to 'el norte'.
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