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blanca: mi cuñada nos pasa a los niños por mexicali, por la garita de mexicali, vende lo poquito quea pareja enfrentaba un dilema: regresar a honduras representaba una sentencia de muerte; ingresar nuevamente a estados unidos, pero esta vez con tres niños, era casi imposible. buscando un lugar donde vivir, emprendieron el viaje rumbo a sinaloa, tierra del chapo guzmán. aquí, según ellos, la familia estaría segura. para llegar, necesitaban un auto. blanca: conseguí ese carro en 200 dólares. y él me dice: "¿cómo ves?" "mira, yo de carros no sé". pues, agarra, me dice: "no, lo voy a agarrar. mira, hija..." que esto, que el otro. roberts: como era de esperarse por ese precio, el auto tenía sus problemas. para empezar, tendrían que reparar las llantas y la batería. blanca: el carro venía fallando y él ya se había orillado. yo le dije: "ya no va... no nos vamos". y él insistió en irnos. roberts: conduciendo por una carretera, eran las 22:00 de la noche. blanca recuerda que las luces se apagaron y quedaron en medio de la oscuridad. blanca: no teníamos luces. eh, él agarró un celular que yo

you have braceros that actually not everyone, but some that decided to move their families to mexicali so they could visit with their families, to juarez, so they could see their families. it would facilitate family reunification. it shifted the gender dynamics in these small, small towns and villages across mexico. because some women argued that overnight all the and so women some women took that as an opportunity to sort of assert leadership roles that they had before, and some of them, you know, created new leadership roles for themselves, and the dynamics in these countryside tow towns in the cities shifteded and it's a really good question. so you think about where the bracero is. he finally gets a contract, there are some places that received larger quantities of braceros like california. california received a tremendous amount of braceros and the living situation could vary. you could see here, this is a barrack, and i say typical in that it's tight, but some of them would have single bets and some of them have bunk bed, but if you notice they're pretty much elbow to elbow and t