Reynosa

"We live in a country of order and laws," said Demesio Guerrero, a naturalized US citizen originally from Mexico who lives in the town of Hidalgo, across the international bridge from the cartel-plagued Mexican city of Reynosa.

Neighbors didn’t know who was shooting the ball bearings or for what reason, Reynosa said.

Ciudad Mante is located in the southern part of the state, relatively far from border cities like Reynosa and Matamoros.

That led iACT to the Senda de Vida migrant shelter in Reynosa, which sits at the end of an unpaved gravel road just across the border from McAllen, Texas.

On a recent chilly morning, Abraham Reyes helps the children in the Reynosa shelter recover bits and pieces of their childhoods.