Laura Avila washes her face with a fixture of rain water, salt and lime near her pile of salvaged belongings where she sleeps in Guadalajara, Mexico. Avila is part of a network of women known as “las patronas” who live along the freight rail tracks known as “the beast” of “the train of death” that migrants hop in an attempt to reach America. She spends most of her time salvaging goods that could be useful to migrants passing through on the train and gives them away.