In this region of Nuevo progreso and Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas, there are no Childrens Home available. Children in the need of this service are being sent to Reynosa, the biggest city in the area. Relatives of these minors have a hard time visiting the kids because of distance. The violence created by the drug cartels and mafias that affects this area where parents, mainly men, have got involved in criminal activities, has created an increase of children with no parents or parents that caannot take good care of the children. A lot of parents have been incarceleted or killed. All of these families are still living in poverty conditions.