Three Guatemalan teens--Pequena, Pulga, and Chico--are caught in the web of a local gang and are desperate to seek a way out. Pulga and Chico have witnessed a murder and must join the gang or die. Pequena has suffered abuse at the hands of the gang's leader Rey and gave birth to his child. The three close friends flee for the United States, desperate to seek sanctuary, and face a perilous journey across Mexico.