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Arnovis Guidos Portillo had been receiving threats from gang members in his hometown in Corral de Mulas the past couple of months so on May 18, 2018, together with his 6-year old daughter Meybelin, they fled El Salvador hoping to seek asylum in the United States. He paid $2000 for smugglers to take them to the border in McAllen, Texas where they surrendered themselves to border patrol agents. He was then separated from his daughter and was charged with a misdemeanor of illegal entry. Portillo is one of the thousands fleeing gang violence in El Salvador only to run smack into Trump’s “zero-tolerance policy”. He arrived at the Migration Center in San Salvador not knowing where Meybelin was on June 23, 2018. “All I hear is my daughter, crying. All I can see is her face when they took her – she was terrified,” he said. Father and daughter were reunited in El Salvador on June 28, 2018, after a month-long separation.
Story published here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/24/all-i-hear-is-my-daughter-crying-salvadoran-father-yearns-to-see-his-child-again
Arnovis Guidos Portillo talks to his daughter on the phone at his house in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador. De los Santos arrived at the Migration Center in San Salvador on June 21 without his 6-year old daughter, Meybelin. Father and daughter were separated at the border before he was deported. They fled his hometown Corral de Mulas, a fishing village in El Salvador that is ruled by gangs, on May 18.
Story published here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/24/all-i-hear-is-my-daughter-crying-salvadoran-father-yearns-to-see-his-child-again
A member of the military stands guard outside the Migration center in San Salvador on Thursday, June 21, as people wait for their family members who were deported from the US.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo arrives at the Migration Center in San Salvador on June 21.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo sits with family who fetched him at the Migration Center in San Salvador on June 21.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo breaks down after talking to his daughter on the phone at his house in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador, June 22, 2018
Arnovis Guidos Portillo walks toward his house in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador. De los Santos arrived at the Migration Center in San Salvador on June 21 without his 6-year old daughter, Meybelin. Father and daughter were separated at the border before he was deported. They fled his hometown Corral de Mulas, a fishing village in El Salvador that is ruled by gangs, on May 18.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo poses for a portrait outside his house in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador, June 22, 2018.
Corral de Mulas, a fishing village in El Salvador ruled by gangs.
Relatives outside the airport in El Salvador wait for 6-year old daughter Meybelin who was separated from her father Guidos Portillo at the US border a month ago. On June 21, Portillo was deported without Meybelin. Father and daughter were reunited on June 28, 2018.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo with his 6-year old daughter, Meybelin.
Relatives fawn over 6-year old Meybelin outside their home in Corral de Mulas on June 29, 2018, the day after she was returned to her family after being separated from her father at the border and detained in a shelter in the US.
6-year old Meybelin with her aunt Maria Alejandra Portillo in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador on June 29, 2018, the day after she arrives in the country.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo watches his 6-year old daughter Meybelin hit a piñata outside their home in Corral de Mulas, El Salvador on June 29, 2018, the day after she arrived in the country. Meybelin was separated from her father at the US border a month ago and Portillo was deported without her. Father and daughter were reunited on June 28, 2018.
Arnovis Guidos Portillo with his daughter, Meybelin.