Summary

In the section entitled "The Flood," a teenager named Osmin has been attacked by a gang. He is now trying to earn enough money to leave the country. The out-of-control gang violence in the Northern Triangle is a major favor in the rise of migration from those countries and the particular increase in unaccompanied minors crossing traveling alone. Between 2012 and 2014, the number of unaccompanied minors will go from 13,625 to 57,496.

In Chapter 2, the twins stole some corn from their father to trade for a bicycle. Their father soon found out and beat them. Despite Wilber Jr.'s letters that outlined how hard it was to make money in the United States, Ernesto started to dream of going North. At school, other boys tried to recruit him into a gang but he refused. Meanwhile, their uncle Agustin started his own coyote ring and...