A Work Trip I still remember this seven hour trip in a truck. It was with my brother, my brother in law, and me. We were on the highway when suddenly a car overtook us. They made us stop, and armed men got out of the car and pointed their weapons at us. They stole our truck with 40 tons of corn. They threw us to the ground and tied our hands and feet. And put us in the trunk of the car. We thought they were going to kill us. But they just left us in some fields far from the towns and the road. They left us there without money, without phones, and without shoes. They untied us and that’s how we were able to reach the village to ask for help. We walked for several hours. We asked the police for help, but instead of helping us, they arrested us until they confirmed that what had happened to us was true. A few days later we found the abandoned truck at a gas station without its body and of course without the corn. To this day we have never found out who robbed us. But the good thing is that we were lucky to get out of that bad moment alive. Traveling on Mexico's highways and roads is becoming more dangerous every day, even for us Mexicans. There’s no security, much less any kind of surveillance. And even though we only work driving trucks, we risk our lives on the job. Humberto is a student in the Intermediate High/ Advanced Low ESL class in the afternoon Maria is a student in the Intermediate Low ESL class in the morning
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