Juan Romero stands outside his semitractor, parked in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago, before participating in a truck convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. The caravan takes place ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which is Dec. 12. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Trucker Juan Romero and his family sit in the cab of his semitruck in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago before joining a truck convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Juan Romero wears a poncho depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe as truckers and their families gather in Chicago before participating in a truck convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Trucker Juan Romero exits his semitractor after arriving in a convoy of trucks at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 2, 2023, in Des Plaines. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitrucks begin forming a line in the 1500 block of Chicago's South Western Avenue for a truck convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. The caravan takes place ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which is Dec. 12. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Juan Muños, 7, sits in his father's semitruck in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago before a truck convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Evelyn Rendon decorates the front of a semitruck for the truck convoy from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitractors are parked in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago before participating in a truck convoy to the shrine in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitrucks are parked in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago before participating in the Dec. 2, 2023, truck convoy to the shrine in Des Plaines. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitrucks are parked in the 1500 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago before driving in a convoy to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitrucks arrive at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 2, 2023, in Des Plaines. The caravan takes place ahead of the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which is Dec. 12. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
Semitrucks arrive at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Dec. 2, 2023, in Des Plaines. Truck drivers and their families participated in a caravan from Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
A trucker hangs out of the passenger side door as semitractors arrive at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Dec. 2, 2023. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)