Maria Morales: Tierra Colorada

Maria Morales Dept: Maria Morales and Ivan Nava came from Tierra Colorada in Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico, a region controlled by drug cartels and corrupt police, according to CBC. "They had tied him to a chair, she said. "They beat him, I never wanted to know more. It hurt me too much." A Mexican couple dream of starting over in Canada is unravelling amid a misdiagnosed cancer, a lawsuit and rejected refugee claims from Ottawa. Morales' former partner, an architect and father to her now grown son, was murdered for reasons that were never clear to her, she says. Maria Morales and Ivan Nava came from Tierra Colorada in Guerrero state in southwestern Mexico, a region rife with corruption and violence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.