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New Wave

A new wave of immigrants coming from central America, Hondurans and Haitians, forging their way to the great America. This images are taken at La Coyotera in Monterrey, México a place where they have stablished or are in transit. This moments represent when migrants complete or are in the limbo of their journey in a train known as “The Beast”. The name of this free way of transportation, it refers to the terrifying experience of traveling in the roof of the train, for some 2,500 kilo-meters, being exposed to all sorts of accidents and atrocities including deaths and limb loosing incidents. They travel in groups to magnify their chances of survival. Elbows, feet, hands, and knees, come together in the search belonging, identity, safety and strength.

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New Wave
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Haitians and Hondurans have made an invisible path; a migrating route through Central and South America.

The option of migrating, became persistent among Haitians since the devastating 2010 earthquake that caused 217,000 deaths and left more than a million people homeless.
Through the decade, this answer to despair; the possibility of migrating, became embedded in their culture.
The work of Sofia Ayarzagoitia, represents the moment in which this migrants complete their journey in a train known as “The Beast”. The name of this cheap way of transportation refers to the terrifying experience of traveling in the roof of the train, for some 2,500 kilo-meters, being exposed to all sorts of accidents and atrocities including deaths and limb loosing incidents.
This is the moment when Haitians unintentionally meet with the Hondurans, who are fleeing a country tormented by violence, extortion and poverty.
By the time this pictures are taken, in Monterrey México,at la Coyotera, they all have traveled a long distance. Many have lost members of the group they had formed to magnify their chances of survival. And many others, have seen their dreams of making it to the US, shattered. Several have been deported, and for the first time in years, they are revisiting their homeland.
The artist captures the uncertainty and pain of not having permanence in any country, of needing the force of the pack to pull through. Elbows, feet, hands, and knees, come together in the search for belonging, identity, safety and strength.
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Text by Maya Ayarzagoitia
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