Hard hit by pandemic, Ecuadorians leave for New York
It took just a few days for Monica Muquinche to reach New York after leaving Ecuador’s Andean highlands with her 10-year-old son.
She flew to Mexico City, took a bus to the U.S. border, boated across and was detained by the Border Patrol. After one night in custody in Texas she was released and then headed to the Big Apple.
“I think God protected us,” said the 35-year-old, whose husband disappeared last year while trying to make the same journey.