El Norte In the movie "El Norte", Enqrue and his sister Rosa, went through a dangerous and harrowing journey from their farming village in Guatemala to the United States. Enqrue and his sister, Rosa, were forced to move because the army was taking away people from their village, and if they stayed there they would be killed so they went on the dangerous journey. To get out of their village they had to walk long miles and cross mountains to get to Mexico. After they got to Mexico they were starving and had to find a way to get to the border. They were lucky to find a guy that drove to a bus, and then they took along journey to Tjwana