I flew to Guatemala to investigate the human side of America s immigration problem
Reporter s notebook: Ayman Mohyeldin examines the complex factors that motivate people to travel to a country that doesn’t often welcome them.
ByAyman Mohyeldin
If abject poverty had an address, the village of Florido Aceituno would probably be it. Nestled in the hills overlooking Guatemala’s sugarcane fields, about 90 miles outside of the capital Guatemala City, this is a village barely surviving. And it’s doing so basically on its own with little help from the government.
We arrived last Sunday after a nearly two-hour journey outside of the capital. The final stretch into the village is only accessible on foot as there are no roads.