PHOTOS: Why Young People Are Fleeing Honduras
This is Moises, 17, and his dad Tavo. His dad is begging him to leave Honduras to stay alive and avoid getting recruited into a gang. They live in San Pedro Sula, which had the highest homicide rate in the world in 2015.
In San Pedro Sula, boys are often groomed for gang activity from the age of 6 or 7. At first they may be given small assignments — like buying snacks for gang members or monitoring who's coming in and out of a neighborhood. Bit by bit they graduate into bigger responsibilities.
In this photo, Moises had just found out that his girlfriend Cindi is pregnant. Tomas Ayuso, the photojournalist who captured the images of this project, says that this made it easier for Moises to make his decision to leave Honduras.
Cindi and her baby girl in San Pedro Sula. Her boyfriend Moises left the neighborhood a few months after she became pregnant. Cindi sent photos of the baby to Moises via WhatsApp. But a few weeks ago, he stopped responding to her texts, which worries Cindi. She hopes he's safe and to hear from him soon.
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