Cristobal Venegas

VISUAL JOURNALIST AND STORYTELLER
    
Chile / Vestiges
Location: Santiago, Chile
Nationality: CHILE
Biography: Cristóbal Venegas Vásquez (1989)  is an independent photographer based in the city of Santiago, Chile. His vision focuses on Human Rights, migration, gender violence and environmental crises. Currently, he works as a freelance... MORE
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Chile / Vestiges
Copyright Cristobal Venegas 2024
Updated May 2023
Topics Black and White, Discrimination, Documentary, Human Rights, Immigration, International Stories, Journalism, Latin America, Migration, Personal Projects, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Reportage
Vestiges

The migration crisis between Chile and Peru has affected entire families seeking to return to their country. They have spent days and nights walking through the driest desert in the world in order to return to their countries of origin or migrate to the United States. Upon arriving at the Concordia Pass between the border of Chile and Peru, the travelers are met directly by Peruvian National Police (PNP) personnel, who have set up a series of barriers to prevent the crossing by President Dina Boluarte, who accused them of being behind the increase in "assaults, robberies and criminal acts" in Peru. In spite of the fact that the Peruvian border crossing is closed, hundreds of migrants manage to cross the border in the darkness of the desert, when the sun goes to bed and the stars illuminate, it is there where hundreds of migrants cross through non-authorized passages thanks to the "coyotes" or members of the Aragua train who charge 100 dollars per person to make them pass in a two-day journey through the desert, leaving their clothes and everything that could be a burden for the crossing.


Vestigios

La crisis migratoria entre Chile y Perú afectado a familias completas que buscan retornar a su país. Han pasado días y noches caminando por el desierto más árido del mundo para poder retornar a sus países de origen o emigrar a Estados Unidos. Al llegar al paso Concordia entre la frontera de Chile y Perú, los viajeros se encuentran directamente con el personal de la Policía Nacional del Perú (PNP), que ha dispuesto una serie de barreras para evitar el paso interpuesto por la presidenta Dina Boluarte quien los acusó de estar detrás del aumento de los “asaltos, robos y actos delincuenciales” de Perú. A pesar de que el paso fronterizo de Perú está cerrado ciento de migrantes logran cruzar la frontera en la oscuridad del desierto, cuando el sol se acuesta y las estrellas iluminan, es ahí donde cientos de migrantes cruzan por pasos no habilitados gracias a los "coyotes" o miembros del tren de Aragua quienes cobran 100 dólares por persona para hacerlos pasar en un recorrido de dos días por el desierto, dejando su ropa y todo lo que pueda ser una carga para la travesía.

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