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Honduran-born barber prospering in Mexico

Ixtepec, Mexico, Feb 12 (EFE).- Honduran native Douglas Javier Lopez Flores left home with the goal of pursuing the American Dream, but when that door closed he managed to forge a successful life for himself as a barber in southern Mexico.(CAMERA: José Cortés)RESOURCE IMAGES OF MIGRANTS WAITING FOR A TRAIN AND OF THE DOUGLAS LÓPEZ BARBERSHOP. DECLARATIONS OF THE HONDURAN BARBER; FROM JOSÉ LUIS, A CUSTOMER; AND FROM JENNY HERNÁNDEZ, DOUGLAS. PARTNERTRANSLATION:DOUGLAS LÓPEZ: "I named it 'Barbería catrachos' for all Hondurans, not just for us, it is for all of us born in Honduras who want to get ahead. I ordered this flag of Mexico and Honduras because Mexico has supported me, one way or the other (Mexico) has supported me as the United States or Honduras did not""It's hasn't been easy at all for me to make this work ... As someone from Honduras, there's a lot of discrimination. You see there are a lot of people who come from there and do bad things, and then everyone suffers because of that. I try to be a normal person, just like in my country, an upstanding citizen.""They always talk about the American Dream. They never talk about the Mexican dream and those things, right, or the Spanish dream, or the European dream ... What I can tell you is that, thanks to all the Mexicans who have supported me, I now (have stability),"JOSÉ LUIS: "We are here because of the quality of the service and because is clean"JENNY HERNÁNDEZ: "We're all here as a family, with our children, with our grandchildren, and we're working together. We also provide an opportunity for our Honduran brothers and sisters, and for Central Americans who leave their country with a dream, with the goal of helping their families. Some succeed, others return to Honduras, some die along the way"