Violence In Sin Nombre

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The movie Sin Nombre "Without a name" emphasizes the violence in Latin America and show the journey of those who attempt to come to the U.S. the movie was released in 2009. Even though it has been 6 years I believe violence and the attempt to come to the U.S for a better life is still the same but the violence has increased and many people end up dead on their way to find a better and non-violent place to live. The reasons why many people immigrate to the U.S is to escape from the country's violence and to reunite with their families as in the movie Sayra's father has been deported but now he wants to go back with his family and to take his daughter and brother to have a better life. Meanwhile Willy, also known as Casper tries to escape …show more content…

Smiley, a 12 year old boy who has join the gang after he has been beaten for thirteen seconds, decides to go down the wrong path maybe because he wants to feel part of a family and feel that he has the same power as many others. I believe some teenagers are often attracted by the gangs because like Smiley they are alone in their country and in order to feel part of a group he decides to join the Mara Salvatrucha (ML13) one of the largest gang organizations in Latin America. "The real Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 has wretched, perverse history: the gang is thought to have been started in 1980s in Los Angeles by Salvadorian immigrants whose families had fled the Civil war in their country a war partly paid for by the United States" (Robles, “Fleeing gangs”). It has been 35 years and gang's population has increase not only in Latin America but as well in the …show more content…

Casper decides to escape after he killed Lil Mago, he tries to rob and rape Sayra but Casper saves her "watching him unleash on another innocent girl (after he also try to rape Casper's girlfriend Martha but ends up killing her), whacks him with his machete, cutting through half his neck" (“Relevant, Intense”). It is sad and incredible how much violence there is in Latin America to the point that people has to go to another country and some leave their family, friends behind just to be safe and live a better life. According to the U.S customs and Border protection "the number of unaccompanied minors has surged in the last three years, mainly driven by a huge influx of children from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. As of June 15 2014, nearly 40,000 children from the three countries- about three quarter of the total-crossed the U.S borer illegally" (qtd. In France Robles "Fleeing Gangs”).The huge amount of children crossing illegally reflects that their countries are not safer anymore and if the opportunities are in another country which is U.S and probably Mexico as well, they should go no matter if is illegally because they are trying to save their life. As Barack Obama mention "the best thing we can do is make sure the children can live in their countries safely" (qtd. in Robles, “Fleeing

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