Enrique, a 17-year-old Honduran boy, is found badly injured in the small Mexican village of Las Anonas after falling from a freight train. The villagers take him in and care for his wounds. Enrique tells them that he is traveling north through Mexico to find his mother who left Honduras 11 years ago to work in the United States. Despite facing many dangers along the way like robberies, beatings, and deportations, Enrique is determined to continue his journey to be reunited with his mother. The villagers offer Enrique food, money, and clothes to help him on his way to getting medical help.