Santos Chaj

Santos Chaj is a former detainee at the PolyCon Corrections ICE detention centre. She is portrayed by Melinna Bobadilla. Chaj appears not to be fluent in any language besides K'iche.

Personality[]

Chaj was shown to be a desperate woman. She is shown to be highly emotional as well as a skilled herbologist. Chaj is timid and often seen to be quite scared of her surroundings.

Biography[]

Before Captivity[]

Before Chaj was caught, she attempted to leave Guatemala with dozens of other hopeful migrants in the back of a truck who must pay to cross the border. Chaj and her husband reveal they have no money to the men who control the operation. It is then revealed Chaj was raped by one of the men and then let into the country, resulting in an unwanted pregnancy. Some time after this, Chaj was found by ICE and detained. ("God Bless America")

Season Seven[]

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Relationships[]

Romantic[]

Miguel (husband) - Chaj and her husband attempted to cross the border together without being able to pay the toll required.

Friends[]

Natalie Figueroa - Fig notices Chaj is incapable of speaking English, and defends Chaj to the ICE guards, explaining that it is unfair for her to stay in the camp without a translator. Fig arranges for a translator to be found, and acts sympathetically towards her when she discovers Chaj does not want to keep the fetus she hoped to terminate by drinking her parsley remedy. Fig, contemplating pregnancy herself, explains to her doctor she is already 9 weeks pregnant, but wishes for an abortion. The doctor gives Fig a pregnancy terminating pill which Fig retains and gives to Chaj.

Appearances[]

Orange Is the New Black: Season Seven
"Beginning of the End":	"Just Desserts":	"And Brown Is the New Orange":	"How to Do Life":	"Minority Deport":	"Trapped in an Elevator":	"Me as Well":
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"Baker's Dozen":	"The Hidey Hole":	"The Thirteenth":	"God Bless America":	"The Big House":	"Here's Where We Get Off":
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Navigation[]

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