An orphaned young girl teams up with a former enforcer, as they are pursued by a ruthless Mexican mobster. BRIEF SYNOPSIS MARIA SANCHEZ (10) finds her life shattered when DESGRACIADO (55), a Mexican mobster involved in drug smuggling and prostitution, bursts into her home looking for the money that her father, Greco, stole. Her mother, CHELLA SANCHEZ, makes Maria hide under the sink curtain. Maria is armed with knives. Desgraciado and his henchman search the apartment. Maria spies a package underneath the sink; she takes it. When the henchman finds Maria, Maria stabs him. TEXAS SHERIFF, SAM SHINE (39), storms the apartment. A gun battle erupts. Chella is shot. Desgraciado escapes. Sam takes Maria to an orphanage, where he believes she’ll be safe. She wants Sam to find her father. Maria hides the package of money. At the orphanage, the …show more content…
On the other side of the tunnel is Mexico. Sam escorts DOLORES, a former enforcer for Desgraciado, to the same mission. Dolores is known to have the strength of ten men. She’s hiding from Desgraciado. Desgraciado and his men search for her. Dolores and Maria form an unlikely bond with each other. Dolores protects her. Dolores struggles to deal with her own pain about her son, who was killed by Desgraciado. The henchman “buys” Trini to be used by Desgraciado. Desgraciado and his men track down Dolores and Maria. A gun battle erupts. Dolores decides to take Maria and flee. She promises to take her to see her mother. They find shelter and bond with each other. Maria wants to be like Dolores. They contact Sam, but Desgraciado is alerted and finds them. Another gun battle explodes. Maria is grabbed and Desgraciado wants Trini to kill Maria, but he refuses. In a hail of gunfire, Trini is shot. Dolores and Maria escape. Eventually, in a startling turn of events, Maria learns that it was Dolores who killed her father. Dolores didn’t know. Maria feels
After the peace serum wears off, Euridite and Dauntless traitors arrive looking for Tris and the survivors. A firefight breaks out and in all the confusion Tris and some of the other survivors escape. They hop
In this article Rebecca R. Ruiz a reporter from The New York Times as well as a Cornell graduate who has a lot of experience in writing about corruption in the world getting herself a George Polk award for work, explains how two policemen Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake II are responsible for the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and got away with it with the help of Donald Trump's administration. Ruiz shed light on other recent murders of black americans such as Michael Brown, 15 year old Jordan Edwards and Tamir Rice to give evidence of police killings in the last couple of years. She states how the police rarely face repercussions “The bar for charging police officers with federal civil rights violations is extremely high,
The presentations conducted by Ruby Alvarez were very informative. It was very interesting and relieving finding out that there are many people on campus that can help students if they feel that they are being mistreated. In continuance, I liked that information shared when reported is kept confidential to a certain limit in order to protect the victim and suspect’s rights if one is ever accused. The best part of the presentation was discovering that we are not alone and there are people who will stand by us and ensure that students are all treated equally and are able to continue their education. All in all, I feel that the information and knowledge I gained about my responsibilities as a student have to be carried out in a serious manner
In Cooperative Learning in a Community College Setting: Developmental Coursework in Mathematics, Natalie Rivera uses multiple sources of existing literature to provide her readers with a theory base for her research topic. She utilizes this literature to define community colleges and many of their common issues. She provides statistics about enrollment patterns, including why numbers were up at the time of her research. She also focuses on research that identifies problems with our current educational factory model and stresses that students need interaction. She defines learning-centered instruction and states that she purpose of her dissertation in practice is to turn her lecture-based introductory algebra course into a learner-centered course.
After many years of dealing with their awful husband he pushes mariam and Laila over the edge and they murder him. They try to run away with their child but are caught and sent to jail. Now that story may not seem filled with
In Guerrero, Mexico 2014, many children who go to school were hijacked in their busses and attacked. In one senario, the bus was hijacked by the students’ own police and were taken away and were never seen again. People had also been found dead showing signs of torture and punishment. In the novel, the main character tells a story of one survivor of people who had been kidnapped. She showed fear for he friend and how it affected the lives of the people around her. People in the novel and in Guerrero dug holes to
Melisa saves a young teen, CASANDRA being held captive by Valejo. First Casandra lies for Valejo, but then agrees to testify against him. Melisa places her in a safe house, but she
Max decides to escape to Argentina and writes a letter and apologizes for what he had done. He also gives them some money that they can spend. Sally finds out that she is pregnant but she doesn’t know who the father is. Brian told her not to worry, because he would take care of the baby. Fritz comes the next day and tells Brian what happened between him and Natalia.
Towards the end of the film, we see Jimmy trying to build a relationship with his son Carlitos after serving his sentence. The film ends with Jose and Maria Sanchez reflecting on the
LUKE DOMINGO FUENTES (22) a skilled martial arts fighter is haunted by the death of his brother, Eric. He was killed during a martial arts fight that involved Luke. Now Luke is at a Mexican Villa waiting for his inheritance.
As hopeless as she is, she is found by Nailer and Pima and convinces them that her father is looking for her, and they could get money if they keep her alive. Pima and Nailer keep her alive and kept her a secret, but Nailer’s abusive father, Richard Lopez and his crew
He contemplates suicide however he ends up burying Miranda and setting his sights on a new victim.
The other main character of the story is Adelina a girl who leaves her home in California to go to Mexico. Adelina is driven out of the United States because her family won’t accept her relationship with her lover, so they both decide to go to Tijuana, a city in Mexico. Not much is said about Adelina’s experienced in the United States. What we do know is that she had a family that loved her, but she decided to leave it all behind to be together with her boyfriend Gerardo. In Mexico she finds nothing but shame and misery because Gerardo could not find a job and the only way for them to make money was for her to be a prostitute. Besides having to expose her body, Adelina, is physically and emotionally mistreated by her boyfriend until it finally leads to her death when she tells him that she is going back to the United States with Juana.
Living in Mexico throughout her teen years was very rough. Unlike other teenagers where their parents constantly provide for their children, Marisela’s life was a lot different than the usual parent- child relationship. She lived with her Abuela ( Grandma) Lupe, along with her 3 brothers and sister. She constantly had to take care of her brothers and sister at such a young age, that she became the mother-like figure of the
This film begins with spoiled sisters Nora Dominguez (Camilla Belle) and Mary Dominguez (Alexa PenaVega) dancing with their wealthy father on his birthday when he collapses and dies. As if that was not tragic enough, at the funeral they meet their brother, who is the illegitimate son of their father. During the reading of the will, the three of them discover that their father is bankrupt. The sisters are force to sell the house to the brother and his wife (real estate investors) who kicks them out of the house.