The territory of the Totonacs houses more than 3,000 oil wells. Excessive exploitation has had a major impact on both the health of the inhabitants (miscarriages, cancer, congenital diseases) and the environment of the land.

The two main cities in the Totonacapan, Poza Rica and Papantla, have more then 4,000 missing people. Natural resource exploitation –in this case oil– and violence have always had a problematic violence. The Mexican government has always tried to silence Indigenous resistance. With the arrivals of cartels, an opportunity to institutionalise violence came to the Totonacapan.

This is a portrait of a land drowned in oil, pain and violence.