Fleeing gang warfare, more Central Americans seek refuge in Mexico
Fleeing gang warfare, more Central Americans seek refuge in Mexico
by Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thursday, 12 January 2017 14:53 GMT
TAPACHULA, Mexico, Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As Juan walked to school one morning a year ago in El Salvador, two men on a motorbike sped by and fatally shot a boy on the street in front of him.
The shooter took a good look at Juan's face. As a witness to a gang murder, Juan was now in the firing line.
"They said I had to be part of their gang," said Juan, 15, who declined to give his real name for security reasons.
Juan's mother, Teresa, took him out of school and he went into hiding for six months, living with relatives.
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