The Migrant Caravan

• Prize
  Gold in Editorial/Political, 1st Place winner in Editorial
• Photographer
  Ada Trillo
• Agency / Studio
  Ada Trillo
• Photo Date
  October-November 2018

In October 2018, I flew to Chiapas, Mexico, to begin my journey with a caravan of migrants headed for the United States, fleeing poverty, gang violence and crime in Central America. Over the course of several weeks, I traveled nearly 3,000 miles to the US border in Tijuana, documenting the caravan through photography and video. The caravan is more than a hotly debated political issue; it is primarily a humanitarian crisis affecting over 7,000 people - including nearly 3,000 children. The truth that I discovered was far different from the tweets of President Trump.