Those from Río settle 30 years of controversy: "We are the only parents of La Macarena. The rest are beneficiaries".

Rafael looks fearfully at the barred door at the end of the garden. On the other side of the border, a group of ladies gather around with their mobile phones at the ready, smiling from ear to ear, free hand ready to greet at the first glance. To know more about Los del Ríos is to know more of the sadness that consumes them.