'Violence is a sickness and we always have to give it medicine,' says Pastor Arnold Linares.
Sunlight streams through the windows, dappling brightly-painted walls as children's laughter rings out above festive music blasting through the radio.
In this neighborhood, it is gang leaders, not government, that hold the local authority-and here, they rule with a heavy fist. Cross into the wrong part of town or unknowingly break one of your local gang's rules and it could easily cost you your life. From electrician training to cosmetology,"many young people come here" to learn how to forge a path outside of gangs, Pastor Arnold Linares tellsChildren play at the Puerta a las Misiones youth outreach center in Rivera Hernández. The center has been credited with playing a major role in a drop in crime in the neighborhood in recent years.
All of the good that happens at the Puerta a las Misiones outreach center, the pastor says,"began with USAID." Put simply, in neighborhoods like Rivera Hernández gang leaders are deeply interested in what goes on in the community. If an outreach center coordinator like Linares promises community workshops for youth, they expect him to deliver.
Countless experts have warned that Trump's decision to slash USAID to Central American countries will only cause further instability in nations like Honduras, giving residents more reason to flee to the U.S. border."Coyotes, gang members, they all come out of our communities," Linares says, with coyotes being the term often used for smugglers, who often exploit asylum seekers hoping to make it onto U.S. soil.
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