Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Kiss of the Pinkie, symbol of family reunions for USA deportees

Sometimes love shows with only brief contact, such as the union of the little fingers through a fence, to know that the family bond prevails above the migratory separation.

The so-called Kiss of the Pinkie is a custom that has been established in the border crossing of Tijuana, where every Sunday several deported migrants come to meet their families, who live on the US side and are separated by a wall.

"We have instituted it because the little finger is the only thing that fits in this grid, it's the only physical contact we have," said Guillermo Navarrete . . .

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