The patrons: women who shake hands with migrants.

Las Patronas: mujeres que dan la mano a migrantes.
Las Patronas: mujeres que dan la mano a migrantes.
Las Patronas: mujeres que dan la mano a migrantes.
Las Patronas: mujeres que dan la mano a migrantes.
This story places us in Mexico, just over a hundred kilometers from the port of Veracruz. There is the municipality of Amatlán de los Reyes, and within it, the Patrona Guadalupe town. A place in the middle of the mountains through which the train called the beast passes. A cargo train that goes from the border of Guatemala to northern Mexico and that carries hundreds of Central American migrants per day with the idea of ​​reaching the United States. Since 1994, a group of women, feed and assist migrants who travel to the edge of the beast. It all started with Rosa and Bernarda that, with the shopping bags in their hand, waited for the train to cross the road. While waiting they realized that people who asked for water and food were hung from the cars. Without thinking they gave them their purchase. Since then they have seen how that train is increasingly full of migrants and, along with their mother and their other sister they organized to cook every day and be able to help those people. The patrons: women who shake hands with migrants When they hear the train beeps, women are close to the tracks and lengthen their arms with the bags waiting for them to take them. In them go beans, bread and water. Women who shake hands with migrants The patrons: women who shake hands with migrants Women who shake hands with migrants The patrons The patrons: women who shake hands with migrants A story of solidarity that inspires us. 💚