1 00:00:00,433 --> 00:00:01,167 >> Sreenivasan: PRESIDENT TRUMP 2 00:00:01,167 --> 00:00:02,102 HAS THREATENED TO CLOSE THE 3 00:00:02,102 --> 00:00:04,137 U.S.-MEXICO BORDER NEXT WEEK IF 4 00:00:04,137 --> 00:00:05,739 THE FLOW OF UNDOCUMENTED 5 00:00:05,739 --> 00:00:07,273 IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THE U.S. 6 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:08,308 CONTINUES. 7 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:09,943 IN EL PASO, TEXAS, THE GROWING 8 00:00:09,943 --> 00:00:11,211 NUMBER OF MIGRANTS CROSSING THE 9 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:13,246 BORDER SEEKING ASYLUM HAS CAUSED 10 00:00:13,246 --> 00:00:14,714 BORDER AUTHORITIES TO ERECT A 11 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:16,783 MAKESHIFT HOLDING PEN UNDER A 12 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:18,518 BRIDGE THERE, DUE TO A SHORTAGE 13 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:19,452 OF SPACE. 14 00:00:19,452 --> 00:00:21,287 MOST OF THOSE MIGRANTS ARE FROM 15 00:00:21,287 --> 00:00:22,889 CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES LIKE 16 00:00:22,889 --> 00:00:24,791 HONDURAS, WHERE GANG VIOLENCE 17 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:26,526 AND CRIME HAVE CAUSED SOME TO 18 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:28,061 JOIN THE CARAVANS OF PEOPLE 19 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:30,096 LEAVING THERE AND TRYING TO MAKE 20 00:00:30,096 --> 00:00:30,964 IT HERE. 21 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:32,198 IN THE SECOND PART OF HER 22 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:33,867 FOUR-PART SERIES, "FLEEING 23 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:35,602 HOME," NEWSHOUR WEEKEND SPECIAL 24 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:36,836 CORRESPONDENT MARCIA BIGGS 25 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:38,505 REPORTS FROM A PART OF HONDURAS 26 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:40,240 THAT EMBODIES ALL THE ISSUES 27 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:41,908 CAUSING PEOPLE TO FLEE. 28 00:00:41,908 --> 00:00:43,643 SHE ALSO FINDS THERE ARE MANY 29 00:00:43,643 --> 00:00:45,111 LOOKING TO STAY AND MAKE THE 30 00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:46,379 BEST OF THEIR LIVES IN THEIR 31 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:47,447 HOME NATION. 32 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:49,082 HER REPORTING WAS SUPPORTED BY A 33 00:00:49,082 --> 00:00:51,985 GRANT FROM THE PULITZER CENTER. 34 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,153 >> Reporter: FROM HIGH ABOVE, 35 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:55,255 SAN PEDRO SULA LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, 36 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:58,024 CALM, AN IDYLLIC CITY NESTLED IN 37 00:00:58,024 --> 00:01:00,160 THE HONDURAN HILLS. 38 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,594 BUT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, IN 39 00:01:01,594 --> 00:01:02,695 THE DISTRICT OF RIVERA 40 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,932 HERNANDEZ, OVER 100,000 PEOPLE 41 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:08,234 LIVE IN ABJECT POVERTY UNDER THE 42 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:10,437 CONTROL OF GANGS. 43 00:01:10,437 --> 00:01:11,604 WE GOT SPECIAL PERMISSION TO 44 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:12,939 ENTER THE AREA, BUT WE'RE TOLD 45 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:14,908 WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR WINDOWS DOWN 46 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,643 SO GANG LOOKOUTS CAN KEEP AN EYE 47 00:01:16,643 --> 00:01:18,178 ON US. 48 00:01:18,178 --> 00:01:19,746 TRASH PILES UP IN THE STREET. 49 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:20,680 EVEN THE ANIMALS ARE 50 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:22,015 MALNOURISHED. 51 00:01:22,015 --> 00:01:23,817 DRINKING WATER IS CONTAMINATED, 52 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:25,018 AND WE'RE TOLD THAT HUNGRY 53 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:26,719 CHILDREN SOMETIMES EAT THE 54 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:29,389 SARDINES FOUND SWIMMING IN OPEN 55 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:31,724 SEWAGE LINES. 56 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:33,193 SO, WE'RE AT GROUND ZERO FOR ALL 57 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:35,061 THE PROBLEMS HERE IN HONDURAS, 58 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:36,196 WHETHER THEY BE POVERTY OR 59 00:01:36,196 --> 00:01:36,963 VIOLENCE. 60 00:01:36,963 --> 00:01:38,231 RIVERA HERNANDEZ IS ONE OF THE 61 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:39,699 MOST DANGEROUS DISTRICTS IN SAN 62 00:01:39,699 --> 00:01:41,301 PEDRO SULA, AND IT'S CONTROLLED 63 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:42,102 BY GANGS. 64 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,736 IT REALLY FEELS LIKE A FORGOTTEN 65 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:44,337 WORLD HERE. 66 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:45,872 YOU'D NEVER KNOW THAT WE'RE TEN 67 00:01:45,872 --> 00:01:48,274 MINUTES FROM THE CENTER OF TOWN. 68 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:49,642 THE MOST INFAMOUS GANGS IN THIS 69 00:01:49,642 --> 00:01:55,381 DISTRICT: MS-13 AND THE 18th 70 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:56,683 STREET GANG. 71 00:01:56,683 --> 00:01:57,951 BOTH WERE BORN IN THE STREETS OF 72 00:01:57,951 --> 00:02:00,120 LOS ANGELES DURING THE 1970s AND 73 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,122 '80s BUT SPREAD TO EL SALVADOR 74 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:04,124 AND HONDURAS IN THE EARLY '’’90s 75 00:02:04,124 --> 00:02:05,525 WHEN MEMBERS OF THEIR RANKS WERE 76 00:02:05,525 --> 00:02:08,128 DEPORTED. 77 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:08,928 HERE, IN HONDURAS, THEY'VE 78 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:10,630 DIVIDED UP THE AREA, RUNNING 79 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:12,132 THEIR SECTORS LIKE ORGANIZED 80 00:02:12,132 --> 00:02:13,867 CRIME SYNDICATES. 81 00:02:13,867 --> 00:02:15,268 PLAY BY THEIR RULES AND STAY ON 82 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:17,303 YOUR OWN TURF, AND YOU WON'T GET 83 00:02:17,303 --> 00:02:18,938 HURT. 84 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:20,673 PASTOR DANNY PACHECO HAS LIVED 85 00:02:20,673 --> 00:02:22,575 HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE AND, LIKE 86 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:24,410 MOST PASTORS IN THE AREA, WORKS 87 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:25,979 AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN THE 88 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,314 COMMUNITY, THE GANGS, AND LOCAL 89 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:32,452 POLICE. 90 00:02:32,452 --> 00:02:33,319 >> ( translated ): I'VE BEEN 91 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:34,888 DOING THIS FOR MANY YEARS, AND I 92 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:36,189 AM WHO I AM. 93 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:37,557 I STAY NEUTRAL. 94 00:02:37,557 --> 00:02:39,025 ALL WE DO IS TRY TO HELP WHO WE 95 00:02:39,025 --> 00:02:41,127 CAN, IN ANY COMMUNITY. 96 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:43,129 THE GANGS KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SO, 97 00:02:43,129 --> 00:02:44,197 I THINK, WITH THE PASSING OF 98 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:45,865 YEARS, WE'VE EARNED A LEVEL OF 99 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:47,467 TRUST WITH THEM AND THEIR 100 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:48,735 RESPECT. 101 00:02:48,735 --> 00:02:49,435 >> Reporter: DO YOU EVER FEAR 102 00:02:49,435 --> 00:02:53,139 FOR YOUR LIFE? 103 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:54,307 >> ( translated ): ALWAYS. 104 00:02:54,307 --> 00:02:55,041 >> Reporter: THE GOVERNMENT HAS 105 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:56,676 TOUTED A RECENT DECLINE IN 106 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:58,978 HOMICIDE RATES, BUT VIOLENCE IS 107 00:02:58,978 --> 00:03:00,680 STILL RAMPANT. 108 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,448 FEAR OF RETRIBUTION KEEPS PEOPLE 109 00:03:02,448 --> 00:03:03,883 FROM REPORTING CRIMES, AND, WHEN 110 00:03:03,883 --> 00:03:06,753 THEY DO, FEWER THAN 5% ARE EVEN 111 00:03:06,753 --> 00:03:10,390 INVESTIGATED, MUCH LESS TRIED. 112 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:11,858 ABANDONED HOMES DOT THE 113 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,826 LANDSCAPE, LEFT BY THOSE FLEEING 114 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:16,162 EXTORTION AND VIOLENCE. 115 00:03:16,162 --> 00:03:17,697 THE GANGS OFTEN TURN THE HOUSES 116 00:03:17,697 --> 00:03:20,099 INTO DENS FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPE 117 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:21,768 AND TORTURE. 118 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:23,369 THEY'RE DUBBED CASAS LOCAS, 119 00:03:23,369 --> 00:03:25,271 WHICH IS SPANISH FOR "CRAZY 120 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:28,508 HOUSES." 121 00:03:28,508 --> 00:03:29,976 HOPING TO BRING SOME LIFE BACK 122 00:03:29,976 --> 00:03:31,344 INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PACHECO 123 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:33,179 IS TURNING THIS FORMER CASA LOCA 124 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:35,782 INTO A CASA DE ESPERANZA, A 125 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:37,584 HOUSE OF HOPE, A KIND OF 126 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:39,319 COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE KIDS CAN 127 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:41,020 HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 128 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:42,855 WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOR A KID 129 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,090 GROWING UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, 130 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:46,626 IN RIVERA HERNANDEZ? 131 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:47,460 >> ( translated ): IT'S VERY 132 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,395 UNCERTAIN BECAUSE, IN SOME WAYS, 133 00:03:49,395 --> 00:03:50,597 WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS WHO ARE 134 00:03:50,597 --> 00:03:52,899 GOOD STUDENTS; BUT IF SOMEONE 135 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,634 SAYS, "I'M GOING TO BURN MY EYES 136 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:56,069 STUDYING SO MANY HOURS AND 137 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,770 YEARS, AND THEN NOT BE ABLE TO 138 00:03:57,770 --> 00:04:00,573 GET A JOB," WHAT'S THE 139 00:04:00,573 --> 00:04:01,941 MOTIVATION FOR OUR YOUTH TO 140 00:04:01,941 --> 00:04:03,443 STUDY? 141 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:04,377 >> Reporter: BUT PACHECO SAYS 142 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:06,012 THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HERE ISN'T 143 00:04:06,012 --> 00:04:08,448 VIOLENCE, IT'’’S POVERTY. 144 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:09,983 PARENTS CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY 145 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:12,185 SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND UNIFORMS. 146 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:14,287 ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN IN HONDURAS 147 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:17,123 DOESN'’’T FINISH PRIMARY SCHOOL. 148 00:04:17,123 --> 00:04:17,890 >> ( translated ): THEY HAVE 149 00:04:17,890 --> 00:04:19,025 THESE THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT 150 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,727 HAPPEN TO THEM IN THE FUTURE. 151 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:21,728 AND A GANG COMES ALONG AND 152 00:04:21,728 --> 00:04:22,862 PRESENTS TO THEM HOW MUCH THEY 153 00:04:22,862 --> 00:04:24,097 EARN, THE TYPE OF LIFE THEY 154 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:25,331 HAVE. 155 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:27,267 IT'S THE BEST OFFER THEY GET, SO 156 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:28,868 THEY JOIN THE GANG. 157 00:04:28,868 --> 00:04:30,236 >> Reporter: PACHECO SAYS AROUND 158 00:04:30,236 --> 00:04:31,738 THREE-QUARTERS OF THE KIDS IN 159 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:33,973 HIS COMMUNITY HAVE JOINED. 160 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:35,708 SOME OTHERS JOIN THE CARAVANS OF 161 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:37,410 MIGRANTS HEADING TO THE UNITED 162 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,712 STATES. 163 00:04:39,712 --> 00:04:40,446 >> ( translated ): PEOPLE 164 00:04:40,446 --> 00:04:42,448 CONTINUE TO LEAVE, ALL DESPITE 165 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:43,816 THREATS FROM PRESIDENT DONALD 166 00:04:43,816 --> 00:04:45,585 TRUMP, WHO HAS MILITARY AT THE 167 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:47,153 BORDER AND COULD FIRE SHOTS AT 168 00:04:47,153 --> 00:04:50,757 PEOPLE. 169 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:51,624 THE GOAL IS FOR PEOPLE TO GET 170 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:53,593 DESPERATE AND TURN BACK. 171 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:55,128 DESPITE ALL OF THAT, PEOPLE KEEP 172 00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:58,598 LEAVING THE COUNTRY. 173 00:04:58,598 --> 00:04:59,732 IF THE UNITED STATES INVESTS 174 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:01,467 LESS IN THE WALL AND MORE IN 175 00:05:01,467 --> 00:05:02,702 REDUCING POVERTY IN THESE 176 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,370 COUNTRIES, I'M SURE IT WILL FIX 177 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:06,005 THE PROBLEM. 178 00:05:06,005 --> 00:05:06,706 >> Reporter: THE UNITED STATES 179 00:05:06,706 --> 00:05:09,042 IS SUPPLYING AID TO HONDURAS. 180 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:12,578 IN 2017, $181 MILLION WENT TO 181 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:13,946 PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO MAKE 182 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:16,249 HONDURAS SAFER AND TO CURB DRUG 183 00:05:16,249 --> 00:05:17,383 TRAFFICKING. 184 00:05:17,383 --> 00:05:18,918 IN THE PROCESS, THE U.S. HOPES 185 00:05:18,918 --> 00:05:20,320 TO MAKE IT LESS LIKELY THAT 186 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:23,122 HONDURANS WILL WANT TO EMIGRATE. 187 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:24,123 THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AND 188 00:05:24,123 --> 00:05:26,259 U.S.A.I.D. FUNNELED A MAJORITY 189 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,360 OF THAT CASH TOWARD THE 190 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,295 COUNTRY'S SECURITY INSTITUTIONS: 191 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:31,297 MILITARY AND POLICE. 192 00:05:31,297 --> 00:05:32,465 THE GOVERNMENT BUILT NEW SO- 193 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:34,701 CALLED AMERICAN-STYLE PRISONS, 194 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,169 ROUNDING UP AND INCARCERATING 195 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,570 GANG MEMBERS. 196 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:39,005 BUT THIS ALSO BOLSTERED THE 197 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,940 AUTHORITY OF INSTITUTIONS THAT 198 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:43,343 ARE NOTORIOUSLY CORRUPT. 199 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:44,744 IN THE CASE OF THE MILITARY, 200 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:46,179 WHEN PROTESTS ERUPTED OVER THE 201 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:48,381 2017 ELECTION OF PRESIDENT 202 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:50,683 HERNANDEZ, SECURITY FORCES 203 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:52,885 ALLEGEDLY KILLED OVER TWO DOZEN 204 00:05:52,885 --> 00:05:54,887 PEOPLE WITH IMPUNITY. 205 00:05:54,887 --> 00:05:56,889 IN THE CASE OF POLICE, VICTIMS 206 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:58,324 OF CRIME ARE OFTEN AFRAID TO 207 00:05:58,324 --> 00:05:59,926 MAKE REPORTS FOR FEAR THAT 208 00:05:59,926 --> 00:06:01,694 POLICE WILL INFORM ON THEM TO 209 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:03,563 MEMBERS OF THE GANGS. 210 00:06:03,563 --> 00:06:05,298 OLGA CASELE TOLD US THAT SHE WAS 211 00:06:05,298 --> 00:06:06,933 IN THE CAR WITH HER FAMILY WHEN 212 00:06:06,933 --> 00:06:08,267 THEY ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED A 213 00:06:08,267 --> 00:06:10,303 POLICE CAR AND BULLETS STARTED 214 00:06:10,303 --> 00:06:11,804 FLYING. 215 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:13,406 SHE SAYS POLICE SHOT THREE OF 216 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:14,774 HER CHILDREN. 217 00:06:14,774 --> 00:06:16,776 HER SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON, JOSE, 218 00:06:16,776 --> 00:06:19,779 WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. 219 00:06:19,779 --> 00:06:20,613 >> ( translated ): MY DAD SAID, 220 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:21,948 "DON'T SHOOT, DON'T SHOOT, MY 221 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:23,349 KIDS ARE INSIDE!" 222 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:24,884 BUT THEY KEPT GOING. 223 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:25,718 >> Reporter: TIENES MIEDO DE IR 224 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:26,886 EN LA CALLE? 225 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:27,920 ARE YOU SCARED TO GO ON THE 226 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:29,322 STREET? 227 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,390 >> ( translated ): YES, I'M 228 00:06:30,390 --> 00:06:31,524 SCARED BECAUSE WHEN I AM OUT 229 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:33,526 WITH HIM AND HE SEES POLICE, HE 230 00:06:33,526 --> 00:06:36,696 GETS SCARED AND NERVOUS. 231 00:06:36,696 --> 00:06:37,897 I DON'T WISH THIS GRIEF ON 232 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:38,631 ANYONE. 233 00:06:38,631 --> 00:06:39,999 MY KIDS ARE HERE ONLY BECAUSE OF 234 00:06:39,999 --> 00:06:44,270 GOD'’’S GRACE. 235 00:06:44,270 --> 00:06:45,304 THE POLICE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE 236 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:46,139 WORTHLESS. 237 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:47,373 THEY SHOOT WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING 238 00:06:47,373 --> 00:06:50,710 WHO THEY ARE SHOOTING AT. 239 00:06:50,710 --> 00:06:51,310 >> Reporter: BECAUSE OF 240 00:06:51,310 --> 00:06:53,179 INCIDENTS LIKE THIS ONE, POLICE 241 00:06:53,179 --> 00:06:54,847 WHO ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY 242 00:06:54,847 --> 00:06:56,449 THE COMMUNITIES, ARE STRUGGLING 243 00:06:56,449 --> 00:06:58,251 TO GAIN THEIR TRUST. 244 00:06:58,251 --> 00:06:59,452 LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS RECEIVED 245 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:01,053 U.S. DOLLARS FOR NEW COMMUNITY 246 00:07:01,053 --> 00:07:03,222 POLICING AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS, 247 00:07:03,222 --> 00:07:04,857 SENDING NATIONAL POLICE OFFICERS 248 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:06,626 TO SCHOOLS TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS 249 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:09,295 AND FUNDING THIS DAY CAMP. 250 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:11,364 BUT OUT OF THE 8,000 CHILDREN IN 251 00:07:11,364 --> 00:07:13,332 THIS SECTOR OF RIVERA HERNANDEZ, 252 00:07:13,332 --> 00:07:17,103 ONLY 100 CAN ATTEND THIS CAMP. 253 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:18,838 BUT JUST DOWN THE ROAD, JEREMIAS 254 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:20,540 VOBADA IS GIVING THE CHILDREN IN 255 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:22,375 RIVERA HERNANDEZ, AND EVEN SOME 256 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,410 ADULTS, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR 257 00:07:24,410 --> 00:07:26,179 FREE, TRAINING FUTURE 258 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:27,914 ELECTRICIANS FOR JOBS THAT CAN 259 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:30,316 PAY UP TO $20 PER DAY-- MORE 260 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:31,751 THAN TWICE WHAT THEY CAN MAKE 261 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,352 WORKING IN A SHOP OR SELLING 262 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:35,288 WATER ON THE STREET. 263 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,155 THEY WALK DOWN THE ROAD 264 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:38,224 TOGETHER, PAST A RIVER OF SEWAGE 265 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:39,725 TO THE ABANDONED BUILDING THAT 266 00:07:39,725 --> 00:07:41,294 PASTOR DANNY PACHECO IS FIXING 267 00:07:41,294 --> 00:07:41,994 UP. 268 00:07:41,994 --> 00:07:43,329 IT WILL BE THEIR CLASSROOM FOR 269 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:45,231 THE DAY AS THEY BEGIN THE BASICS 270 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:48,201 OF ELECTRICITY INSTALLATION. 271 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:50,169 HIS STUDENTS RANGE IN AGE. 272 00:07:50,169 --> 00:07:53,039 MARVIN MARCIER IS 52 YEARS OLD. 273 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:54,540 HE LOST HIS JOB AT A BREWING 274 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:56,976 COMPANY AND NEEDS WORK. 275 00:07:56,976 --> 00:07:58,244 HE SHARES THE CLASS WITH NINE- 276 00:07:58,244 --> 00:07:59,812 YEAR-OLD ISAAC, WHO IS ON A 277 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:02,348 WINTER BREAK FROM SCHOOL. 278 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:04,050 IN HONDURAS, EVEN A FOURTH 279 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:05,818 GRADER KNOWS HE HAS TO LEARN HOW 280 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:08,454 TO FEED HIS FAMILY. 281 00:08:08,454 --> 00:08:09,288 >> ( translated ): WE HAVE SPENT 282 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:10,623 A LONG TIME WAITING FOR HELP TO 283 00:08:10,623 --> 00:08:11,891 COME FROM ELSEWHERE. 284 00:08:11,891 --> 00:08:12,959 THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 285 00:08:12,959 --> 00:08:14,560 THEM TO LEARN, SO THEY CAN TEACH 286 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,229 EACH OTHER, AND WE CAN GROW AND 287 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:17,296 GET AHEAD WITHIN OUR OWN 288 00:08:17,296 --> 00:08:19,499 COMMUNITY. 289 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:20,900 OUR VISION IS TO GROW ACROSS ALL 290 00:08:20,900 --> 00:08:22,435 OF HONDURAS BY EDUCATING 291 00:08:22,435 --> 00:08:23,736 TECHNICIANS IN ORDER TO 292 00:08:23,736 --> 00:08:25,304 EVENTUALLY BUILD A SOLAR PANEL 293 00:08:25,304 --> 00:08:27,306 FACTORY, TO BE ABLE TO GROW IN 294 00:08:27,306 --> 00:08:29,775 THE FIELD OF SOLAR ENERGY. 295 00:08:29,775 --> 00:08:30,810 >> Reporter: 20 YEARS AGO, 296 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:32,311 VOBADA WAS A DRUG ADDICT 297 00:08:32,311 --> 00:08:33,913 INVOLVED IN TRAFFICKING FOR A 298 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:35,615 SMALL LOCAL GANG. 299 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:37,550 HE UNDERSTANDS THE CHOICES THESE 300 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,919 KIDS ARE GOING TO FACE. 301 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:40,686 >> ( translated ): THIS WORK 302 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:41,888 KEEPS THEM OFF THE STREETS AND 303 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:43,389 KEEPS THEIR MINDS OCCUPIED, AND 304 00:08:43,389 --> 00:08:44,624 THIS ALSO HELPS THEM FORGET 305 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,225 ABOUT THE AMERICAN DREAM. 306 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:47,627 IT TEACHES THEM THAT HERE IN 307 00:08:47,627 --> 00:08:49,729 HONDURAS, IF THEY HAVE A TRADE, 308 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:50,830 THEY HAVE A TOOL TO HELP SUPPORT 309 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:52,565 THEIR FAMILIES. 310 00:08:52,565 --> 00:08:53,900 >> Reporter: AFTER CLASS, ISAAC 311 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:57,303 TOOK US HOME TO MEET HIS MOTHER. 312 00:08:57,303 --> 00:08:58,104 HOLA! 313 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:59,639 EVELINE NUNAS RUNS A SMALL 314 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:01,107 GROCERY STORE AND IS ONLY ABLE 315 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:02,208 TO STAY AFLOAT BECAUSE HER 316 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:03,776 BROTHER, WHO LIVES IN HOUSTON, 317 00:09:03,776 --> 00:09:06,579 SENDS HER AROUND $80 A MONTH. 318 00:09:06,579 --> 00:09:07,980 SHE HANDS ALMOST A QUARTER OF 319 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:09,515 THAT OVER TO THE GANG THAT 320 00:09:09,515 --> 00:09:11,217 CONTROLS HER AREA. 321 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:12,652 EXTORTION IS SO COMMONPLACE 322 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:15,354 HERE, THEY CALL IT "WAR TAX." 323 00:09:15,354 --> 00:09:16,455 SI NO PAGAS? 324 00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:18,758 IF YOU DON'’’T PAY? 325 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:19,559 >>( translated ): WE ARE 326 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,193 OBLIGATED TO PAY OR THEY'LL TAKE 327 00:09:21,193 --> 00:09:23,629 EVERYTHING, SHUT YOU DOWN. 328 00:09:23,629 --> 00:09:24,664 WE ARE FORCED TO DO IT BECAUSE 329 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:26,832 IF WE DON'T, WE FACE DANGER. 330 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:28,134 IT'S VERY COMPLICATED HERE 331 00:09:28,134 --> 00:09:30,269 BECAUSE OF THIS. 332 00:09:30,269 --> 00:09:31,270 >> Reporter: SHE'S PROUD OF 333 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:32,171 ISAAC. 334 00:09:32,171 --> 00:09:33,706 HE'’’S SMART AND METICULOUS. 335 00:09:33,706 --> 00:09:35,541 SHE WANTS HIM TO STAY IN SCHOOL 336 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:36,776 AND SAYS THAT VOCATIONAL 337 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,210 TRAINING, EVEN AT NINE YEARS 338 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:41,747 OLD, IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT. 339 00:09:41,747 --> 00:09:42,582 >> ( translated ): MANY TIMES HE 340 00:09:42,582 --> 00:09:44,550 ASKED ME, "MOMMY, WHAT DO YOU 341 00:09:44,550 --> 00:09:46,419 WANT ME TO DO IN THE FUTURE?" 342 00:09:46,419 --> 00:09:47,520 I SAY, "HONEY, I WANT YOU TO 343 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:49,722 PREPARE YOURSELF IN STUDIES, GO 344 00:09:49,722 --> 00:09:51,591 TO COLLEGE IF GOD ALLOWS YOU. 345 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:53,025 IT'S WHAT THE WHOLE WORLD WANTS, 346 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:54,594 WITH GOD'’’S HELP." 347 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,895 >> Reporter: WE ASKED JEREMIAS 348 00:09:55,895 --> 00:09:57,330 VOBADA IF HE EVER THOUGHT ABOUT 349 00:09:57,330 --> 00:09:58,831 JOINING A CARAVAN, LIKE THE 350 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:00,232 THOUSANDS OF OTHERS TRYING TO 351 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:01,601 EMIGRATE. 352 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:02,768 HE SAID HE WANTED TO LEAVE THE 353 00:10:02,768 --> 00:10:04,737 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT FOR THE 354 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:05,738 U.S. 355 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:06,472 >> ( translated ): WITH A 356 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:07,773 VISION, I WANT TO GO WITH THE 357 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:09,508 SAME TECHNICAL EDUCATORS TRAINED 358 00:10:09,508 --> 00:10:11,410 IN ELECTRICITY AND SOLAR ENERGY 359 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:12,511 TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS 360 00:10:12,511 --> 00:10:17,049 COUNTRY, TEACHING OTHERS. 361 00:10:17,049 --> 00:10:19,619 MEXICO, THE UNITED STATES, IT'S 362 00:10:19,619 --> 00:10:21,587 NOT MY DREAM. 363 00:10:21,587 --> 00:10:23,389 MY DREAM IS HERE IN HONDURAS, 364 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:25,257 AND HERE WE ARE GOING TO BE.