“We are full of orders. People even want to make deposits in advance,” Cabrera's wife Cesarela said.“Before the pandemic, we made 100 coffins a month, now we make that many in just a week.

It's been life-changing. "Every coffin I make, I try and make perfect," Mr Best said. His life before this job was far from ideal. In his own words, Mr Best's existence involved "lots of drugs ...