The ‘self-deportee’ hounded out of the US to Mexico: ‘There are days when I feel literally insane’

Abel Ortiz lived in LA since he was a newborn. The Guardian filmed him as he left after 38 years. Now, we catch up with him in Mexico City, fired up and grieving in his new life Watch: Abel leaves LA is an original Guardian Documentary that follows Abel’s last week in the United States A couple of weekends ago, as dusk was falling over the Escandón neighbourhood of Mexico City, Abel Ortiz was startled by the sound of two American women yelling at each other on the street outside his apartme...

By Ed Pilkington with visuals by Isabel Castro