'I've seen this before.' "It's a jaguar, ma'am." The expression on his face changed from curiosity to horror. "You're one of those, one of those soldiers, aren't you?" She dropped her arm, grabbed his shirt and started to turn yellow. “Maton!” Murderer! Matón!' (160)The jaguar tattoo is a cultural symbol in Guatemalan and means danger and fear. But people are no longer afraid of the tattoo, the tattoo becomes a sign that makes the victims discover that he is a murderer in Guatemala. In his country the tattoo is a sign of privilege, they could kill people without receiving any punishment. But now he could no longer harm people in the United States, and here he was just an ordinary immigrant. The tattoo translates to a new meaning in the United States and changes it forever. Latino immigrants also bring their culture to the new country. In Tobar's other book, Translation Nation, Tobar meets Flocelo Aguirre, founder of a local Latin soccer league in Dalton, Tobar