Tecún Umán, Guatemala.- In the midst of thousands of immigrants who left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Travels Valery, a blind girl whose parents cling to the hope of getting to United States to heal his eyes that nothing has seen of this world since he was born.
A few days ago, the family leaked into the column of the National Civil Police of Guatemala deployed to contain the caravan of thousands of Honduran migrants who sought to cross to head for the United States. On Wednesday, after a week of suffering from hunger and cold, he managed to reach the banks of the Suchiate River, on Guatemala’s border with Mexico.
Denis Fernández, father of the three-year-old girl, only asks the Mexican government let them pass to get to the United States, because there they will surely be more likely to have their daughter operated on and be able to see someday.
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Rosa Herlinda Reis, with Dénia, an 18-month-old baby, Angeli and Valery, explains that a few months ago her house and the banana tree where her husband worked were destroyed by tropical storms Eta and Iota.
His wife Rosa Herlinda Reis, with Dénia, an 18-month-old baby in her arms and Angeli Michelle, 10, next to him, explains that a few months ago her house and the banana tree where her husband worked were destroyed by the tropical storms Eta and Iota. They lost everything, but Rosa is not willing to lose hope that Valery will ever see.
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Before moving away from the Suchiate River, Angeli takes her sister to touch the water.
“Joy will return to our faces only until my daughter can see this world,” says Rosa, staring at the Suchiate river, Where they cross ponds with immigrants determined not to stop to rest.
“Only that day will we be happy,” Denis agrees.
Denis, the girls ’father, only asks the Mexican government to let them pass to get to the US.
He reports that on January 13 they left the Lima, Municipality of the department of Cortés, in Honduras, to join the caravan of Central American immigrants, Who have different reasons for leaving their country, although the constant is widespread poverty. Guatemalan authorities forcibly disbanded the caravan.
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The Fernández family hoped that the caravan would cross to reunite the migrants, confident that this would make it easier to enter Mexico. But while that will no longer happen, they are determined to move on. His plan: cross the Suchiate, either by raft or by walking down the river at the bottom.
The family seeks to cross the Suchiate, by raft or on foot along the lower part of the river.
Before walking away the Suchiate, Angeli takes her sister Valery to touch the water, feel the texture of the sand and hear the crunch of the trees. She has been her feet and her eyes since she started taking her first steps. They laugh for a moment.
“Let’s go!” Denis points out, as he approaches Valery and climbs on her neck. Everyone picks up their things and continues their journey.