Several members from the Mara Salvatrucha gang made her pick up extortion money, sell weapons and have sex with them. She managed to escape and survive, and took a bus fleeing her country, El Salvador, with her daughter. She arrived in Mexico and asked for asylum. This young woman is one of over 160,000 people who were forced to leave El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala because of the violence in 2016.

Varios miembros de la Mara Salvatrucha la obligaban a cobrar extorsión, vender armas y tener relaciones sexuales. Por un repentino cambio de fortuna, esta salvadoreña sobrevivió y consiguió huir de su país, El Salvador, con su hija. Llegó a México y pidió refugio. Es una de más de 160,000 personas desplazadas por la violencia en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala en 2016.

It is estimated that the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, and its rival Barrio 18 gang together have about 40,000 members in the United States. And at least another 100,000 in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Italy. How did the gangs come to be among the world's best known criminal organizations?

This father is one of the 160,000 people forcibly displaced by gang violence in Central America in 2016. After losing his older son and not being able to find his body, the gang Mara Salvatrucha started threatening his 13-year-old son. Before leaving the country, his 16-year-old daughter was raped. They fled, abandoning everything they owned. But peace would still be far away. This is a real testimony illustrated and animated to protect the source's identity.

Este padre de familia es una de las 160,000 personas que tuvieron que huir de un día para otro de sus hogares en El Salvador, Honduras y Guatemala por la violencia de las maras en 2016. Después de perder y no poder encontrar el cuerpo de su hijo de 17 años, la Mara Salvatrucha empezó a amenazar a su hijo de 13 años. Antes de partir, su hija de 16 años fue violada. Abandonaron su casa y huyeron. Pero la tranquilidad estaría todavía lejos de llegar. Este es un testimonio real ilustrado y animado para proteger la identidad de la fuente, quien todavía corre peligro.

Threatened by gangs in Honduras, he had to flee. His wife and children made it to Guatemala months later. The family is hoping for refuge in Mexico. They're some of the 160,000 people forcibly displaced from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala in 2016: a new refugee crisis.