Final Destination: Tecun Uman - Or: Coming up Short on the Gringo Border

Once a small village in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle, Tecun Uman has become the centre of broken dreams - dreams of emigrating to the United States via Mexico. DOnce a small village in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle, Tecun Uman has become the centre of broken dreams - dreams of emigrating to the United States via Mexico. Day in, day out hundreds of illegal immigrants cross the border without encountering a single border guard. Most of them come from Central America - Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador - some from South America, and even some from Asia. Crossing the river at Tecun Uman means taking the first step on a journey that will lead them into mortal danger and take only a chosen few all the way to the United States.