[1/5] Midwives Leticia Serrano and Maria Abascal talk to a migrant woman carrying her son, at a makeshift migrant shelter where Serrano checks on pregnant women, in San Sebastian Tutla, Oaxaca, October 19, 2023.
As record numbers of migrants looking to reach the United States trek the perilous Darien Gap jungles between Colombia and Panama, many have reported rapes.
The makeshift midwives' station in the camp in Oaxaca state, where families sleep in small tents with little protection from sun and rain, is part of a network of midwives helping migrants that operates across Mexico.
Melanie Gonzalez, 22, has been traveling for two months since leaving Venezuela with her husband to seek work in the United States and send money back to her mother and two kids.
At six-months pregnant, she, like many other women making the journey across Mexico faces numerous risks, including infections that can cause miscarriage and rough conditions.
Persons:
Leticia Serrano, Maria Abascal, Serrano, Jorge Luis Plata, SEBASTIAN, Luzmar Rodriguez, I've, Rodriguez, Melanie Gonzalez, Gonzalez, Jose Cortes, Sarah Morland, Rod Nickel
Organizations:
REUTERS, Thomson
Locations:
San Sebastian, Oaxaca, Mexico, United States, Colombia, Panama, Venezuelan, Chile, Texas, Mexico City, Venezuela