As border security build-up in Texas intensified, two brothers paid a smuggler to bring them to the United States. Only one lived to tell their story.
This video shows the origins of the Cumar brothers in Pachay Las Lomas, Guatemala. When the Cumar brothers were smuggled into the United States, a police helicopter spotted the pick up truck they were traveling in. The bed of the truck was loaded with migrants who traveled under a tarp, and the helicopter opened fire trying to blow up their tires.
Produced for The Texas Observer with the support of Type Investigations
2014, Digital Photography, Color