Juarez Man Offers Foot Massages to Weary Migrants Monica Ortiz Uribe - Fronteras Desk
go to original March 5, 2015

An immigrant's feet are perhaps her most damaged body part. Radio talk show host Jorge Gutierrez has made it his mission to offer relief through massage. Mónica Ortiz Uribe reports. (fronterasdesk)

Feet are a symbolic part of practically every migrant’s story. They literally carry their owner's weight along the length of an exhaustive journey.

The Mexican city of Juárez is no stranger to migrants, and it's where where one man has made it his mission to care for this particular body part.

Weeknights on AM radio the voice of Jorge Gutierrez echoes across the border where El Paso, Texas, meets Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Gutierrez, who calls himself “El Pelon," is the bald, blue-eyed host for a show on Radio Guadalupana, a religious station run by the Catholic Diocese of Juárez. On the show, he invites local do-gooders to talk about their work. He also takes calls from a fan base that numbers in the thousands.

Guiterrez is himself a lifelong do-gooder. When he was 13, he volunteered to play guitar to inmates at a Mexican jail. At the time, his own father was locked up for robbery. The volunteer work made him feel closer to his dad, he said. But his latest project is unlike any other.

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