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Toxic smoke rises from the warren of alleys in Dharavi's potters district, the neighborhood's oldest. The potters fear the plans for redevelopment the most as their livelihood will be stripped away from them. There are no kilns in the proposed master…

Dharavi in Mumbai is India's largest slum and paradoxically an economic powerhouse, with an estimated 650 million dollars in annual revenue. Settled for generations by the impoverished from throughout India, developers have their eyes on the valuable…

Unwilling to leave the cemetery with the rest of the family, Miguel Trujillo weeps against a solitary tree at the edge of the cemetery. His sister and niece had finally come home.

Juan Avendano Trujillo, Alberta's nephew, weeps as the last flowers fall on his aunt's casket. Juan was especially close to his aunt and had lived with her in California's high desert for many months before he returned to Mexico.

Mariachis perform at the foot of the grave during the burial according to local customs. The small town of Pericotepeque has sent many of its residents north of the border and relies on the remittances of those that are working in el norte.

The coffin containing both bodies is carried to the town's cemetery through the dusty streets. A group of mariachis and the local church's bell accompanied the procession. Flowers were also dropped along the procession's route.

Felicidad, left, comes to the aid of her and Alberta's mother Delfina Hernandez Lopez as she is overcome with grief at the cemetery. Alberta and Nicole were buried at a small cemetery in the tiny high desert town of Pericotepeque in central Mexico.

Alberta Trujillo's sister, Felicidad Trujillo, drives through Alberta's neighborhood outside of Mexico City. Alberta was building a home in the neighborhood with money she saved from working in Los Angeles. Felicidad made all the arrangements to…

A box holding the bodies is readied for shipment from Los Angeles to Mexico City. The Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles says that there are an average of a dozen shipments a month for immigrants, legal or otherwise, that are unable to afford the costs…

Margarito Garcia holds his daughter Nicole for the first and last time prior to their bodies being shipped to Mexico. Garcia and Alberta's family north of the border said their goodbyes as the bodies returned to Mexico. Alberta died approximately one…