Detention Scene of El Norte: Las Esporas de Salvacion

This scene shows two RAs bursting into the lounge in Hojo and detaining Arturo and his friend for violating quiet hours. It was inspired by the tyrannical governments in some Latin American countries that abuse their power by oppressing, degrading, and enacting violence upon their citizens. The RAs specifically represent the unjust government officials in Guatemala, as depicted in El Norte, and them capturing Arturo and his friend refers to Arturo’s death in El Norte from trying to form a labor union. Both the Arturo in El Norte and the one in our film are punished to an unreasonable extremes