More Minors Are Crossing Mexico-US Border Due to Violence at Home Ingrid Rojas - ABC/Univision
go to original April 25, 2013

In 2011 Oscar fled his home in Honduras after gangs indiscriminately murdered his father and brother, and then threatened to come after him. He is one of the 20,000 unaccompanied minors from Central America that are expected to be apprehended crossing the border in 2013. (Univision)

Oscar, a baby-faced 18-year-old, spends his time tinkering with an old computer at his new home in South Florida. He learned everything about computers from his dad, an electrician who opened an internet cafe in their home garage in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to supplement the family's low income. After school, Oscar worked at the shop hoping to one day apply what he learned towards a career in computer engineering.

But everything changed in 2008 when the violent MS-13 gang began demanding a tax payment on their business, which started at 100 Lempiras ($5) and doubled every time they didn't pay.

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