
Carlitos follows him anyway, and the two eventually end up hitchhiking to the city limits of Tucson. Enrique tells him to leave him alone and that he doesn't want to watch over him and not to follow him. Carlitos and another worker named Enrique, who does not like Carlitos, escape.Ĭarlitos begins to follow Enrique as he leaves the farm. The next day, while working, immigration police raid the building and arrest most of the workers. Reina takes Carlitos to live and work with other undocumented immigrants. The man, upset, tries to sell Carlitos to a pimp. When they arrive at the impound lot, Carlitos can't find the money. He offers the man $100 to drive him to the impound lot. Carlitos then realizes that he has lost his money. Carlitos asks a man if he could buy him a ticket. At night, Carlitos escapes the vehicle and runs off, but unwittingly drops his money.Ĭarlitos reaches a bus station but can't buy a ticket because he is too young. After crossing the border, the coyotes are stopped for other offenses ($100 in unpaid parking tickets) while their car is towed away with Carlitos still inside. When his grandmother dies, Carlitos finds the coyotes and crosses the border. On the day of his ninth birthday party, his aunt and uncle try to take custody of him to take the money Rosario sends to him every month. Meanwhile, Carlitos lives in his hometown with his ill grandmother. The film tells the story of Rosario, a single mother who crossed the US/Mexican border., leaving behind her son, Carlitos.Rosario describes the area around the payphone to Carlitos in detail.
