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DIEGO GARCIA, British Indian Ocean Territory (Feb. 8, 2024) – “Give me all your money!”

That is what the vicious mugger said as he pointed a dull pocket-knife towards the young Coello brothers.

“You can have it all, just please don’t take our bikes,” wailed Juan Coello as tears streamed down both of the boys’ faces.

Juan and German had the equivalent of $5 U.S. dollars to their names and had just ran away from their home in Honduras.

He gave the money to the brutal man. Fortunately, that had been enough for the man to leave them alone.

It was times like these that Juan would learn to never take anything for granted, and to value what he had in his life no matter the circumstances.

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