Editor’s Note: In October 2018, Univision produced a written story and video about the journey of Adayanci Pérez, a 6-year-old girl from Guatemala who came to the United States with her father and was immediately separated from him. They were among hundreds of families affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, which has since been suspended. Authorities told Adayanci that her father had gone to the doctor’s and would return the next day; in reality, he was shipped back home and she was placed with a foster family in Michigan.
BRIGHT Magazine commissioned graphic novelist German Andino to retell the true story of Adayanci Pérez and her father, in comic form.
Below is Univision’s mini-documentary that details Adayanci’s story, and here is the written version of their story. Univision team credits: Lorena Arroyo (reporter and writer), Cindy Karp (reporter and photographer), Almudena Toral (reporter and filmmaker).
