Blog #10

The article “The Children Will Keep Coming” by Oscar Martinez published in Nation is the property of Nation Company which tells stories about kids on the border fighting violence that the U.S. helped create. It all started when David De La O disappeared while walking home from school. They didn’t find him until the next day, when his body remains were found in an abandoned field. He was only 11 years old and had been stabbed four time in the torso. The main reason this most likely happened was “he went to school in an area controlled by one gang and lived in a neighborhood dominated by another.” My question in that would by why would you do that? There is already enough going on in the gangs you live within, so why add another gang and more troubles into an 11 year olds life? Many children decided to flee Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador for the U.S. to not become victims of gang violence. There is no less violence in the north and west and at least 8 people are murdered every day

This article makes me think of changing schools when they talk about how David had two different gangs to deal with daily. It reminds me of starting a new school because you’re always going to have enemies at the school you left and will probably have some at the school you change to. The number of children being murdered everyday just amazes me. If I had to live in a situation like this I would try to escape to the U.S. like David did.