Puerto Barrios

Sarita suspects Andrés, who is a gang member, so she travels to the coastal town of Puerto Barrios to befriend him and find Bea.

The director cast predominantly nonprofessional actors in the film, among them real-life gang members from Puerto Barrios.

Guatemalan military police stand guard as migrants from Central America wait on a road after being blocked by Guatemalan authorities while traveling in a caravan, near the border with Honduras outside of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, January 16, 2022.

Gomez was born in 1959 in Puerto Barrios, a gulf town near the border with Honduras.

He also told local radio that 60% of the eastern city of Puerto Barrios was flooded and 48 more hours of rain were expected.