A year later, the global recession hit, and the American tourists who came to Mino’s company for rafting and hiking trips started to cancel. Those who could still afford to travel were wary for a different reason: the country’s violence was increasingly in the news. Keldy was anxious about Carlos’s killing, and Mino was growing concerned about their finances. They decided to leave their sons with Amanda and set out for the United States. They would live there for, at most, a few years, enough time to earn money to fund a more stable life in La Ceiba. Keldy’s
