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Guatemalen Baker Reno NevadaGlenda Salazar, 32,(Left) convinced her father Fausto Salazar, 60, (Right) to start baking again years after living in the United States. Photo by Karina Gonzalez.

Guatemalan Refugee Regains Passion for Baking after Family Tragedy

March 7, 2018 by Noticiero Movil

By Karina Gonzalez

Fausto Salazar did not plan on living in the United States. Salazar, 60, owned seven bakeries in Guatemala and had contracts with the local prisons to provide bread. During a time of political instability in the late 1990’s, violence erupted in Guatemala. Salazar’s success made him and his family a target.

In 1995, Salazar’s oldest son, who was 18, was kidnapped and murdered. Another son was killed a few years later. Salazar had no choice but to seek asylum in the United States with his family. Salazar thought he had left baking behind for good, but after a few years of living in Reno, Nevada, his daughter, Glenda, convinced him to start making bread again.

Four years later, his bakery “Mi Linda Guatemala” is thriving.

Watch the video to hear Fausta Salazar tell his story. 

Guatemalan Refugee Regains Passion for Baking after Family Tragedy from Noticiero Movil on Vimeo.

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