In today’s Mexico, women are kidnapped in the street or taken from their homes at gunpoint. They vanish on the way back from work, school, or parties—on their way to the store or the pharmacy. None of them ever returns home again. All of them are young, attractive, and poor.
“Prayers for the Stolen” is the story of a mountain Mexican village where girls and women dress up as boys and men, hiding in underground shelters so they don’t become prey to drug cartels.