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She and her mother put on their hand-woven huipiles, or blouses, and cortes, or skirts, to catch the 5:30 bus to the small city of Escuintla to sell produce in the bustling market, a job she started after fifth grade when she had to drop out of school to help her parents.

“The people come to look for something to feed their children and their family,” said the native of Escuintla, an industrial city in Guatemala centered on sugar agribusiness.

The 22-year-old left his native Escuintla early this year.

Journalists started showing up at her parents’ home in Escuintla – the address on her ID that was stolen and found in the truck – expecting to find her worried relatives.

Guatemala’s disaster agency said shelters had been opened for the evacuees in the nearby town of Escuintla.