Franciscan Priest Risking Everything to Help Central American Migrants Yemeli Ortega Luyando - Agence France-Presse
go to original June 9, 2013

The traffic of Central American migrants north through Mexico in search of the American Dream has become a lucrative trade for drug traffickers - but one priest in southern Mexico has decided to put his life on the line in an attempt to protect the migrants. (AFP)

TENOSIQUE, Mexico - Tomas Gonzalez may look peaceful and harmless in his straw hat, but his defiant, tough-as-nails reputation has earned him the nickname "the tornado."

Drug cartels have put a bounty on his meddlesome head. And authorities often prefer to look the other way where he is concerned.

But Gonzalez, 39, keeps hammering away, demanding attention be paid to the crimes affecting migrants on a daily basis.

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