Intipuca, El Salvador: Where only the old and the ‘defeated’ are left

An auto-rickshaw passing by a US-style house in Intipuca. Of the 7,000 people who remain in that town, it is nearly impossible to find one without family in the United States.

A Salvadoran town is emptied by the American dream.

An eerie quiet hangs over Intipuca, a Salvadoran town whose streets bear names like “Distant Brother” and are lined with empty houses that look lifted from a Hollywood movie.