This is Juan Antonio and his six-year-old daughter Lily who has severe cerebral palsy. She is unable to speak or walk and is transported in an old stroller which is too small for her. I speak to them for a short while but later learn much of their story through a Guardian article by Bryan Mealer and a reporter called Paola Mendoza. Juan worked as a coffee farmer in the mountains of west Honduras until failing crops forced his family to move to the city. Their new home, Octoepeque, was ruled by gangs. One night a gang member broken into the family home and raped his wife. According to Mealer’s article, Lily was in the room at the time and witnessed the crime. After that Juan, his brother, Lily, his wife and their one-year-old baby left Honduras and joined the caravan. However, the journey was too difficult for his wife. She returned to Honduras with their one-year-old child. Juan hopes to meet his sister in the US but he doesn’t know where she lives. I later learn that Juan and Lily managed to enter the US and apply for asylum.
