with Wayne Jacobsen
This is the story of an unbelievable journey through horrendous circumstances and into a friendship as unlikely as any you might imagine. It is laced with incredible miracles and desperate challenges in this immersive, limited-series podcast. The first episode will drop on February 16, 2021. You can subscribe now at iTunes and other podcast outlets.
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After living four years in the United States on an expired visa, Luis returns to Mexico to deliver a much-needed car to his mother. Now he must find his way back across the border in Tijuana on December 19, 1994.
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Continually bullied and abused by his five older brothers, Luis hears about a land called the United States and at six years old sets out to find his way there, even if it means he needs to be kidnapped. (Luis is the youngest boy in both pictures.)
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While searching for his family’s lost cow in the mountains near his home, Luis runs into a mysterious stranger who seems to know more than he should.
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A military captain who trains boys to box as a way to instill character in them and keep them out of the cartels takes Luis under his wing.
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At fifteen, Luis is on his own after his dad dies and his mom moves to the U.S. He is taken hostage by the cartel and needs the help of an old friend.
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My Friend Luis returns to that twenty-one-year-old soaked in sewage beneath the wall hearing a voice call to him from beyond it, “Come to Me.”
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In 2008, Wayne and Luis meet for the first time and a relationship begins that will change the trajectory of both of their lives.
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After discovering that the green card he procured through an attorney for $23,000 is a forgery, Luis and his young family are forced back into the shadows.
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The day begins with a tragic suicide and ends at two in the morning with a unique conversation.
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