Raúl is the first Keeper Matt meets over the border in Aztlán. Raúl supervises the Lost Boys, the orphans who lost their parents to the Farm Patrol. He repeats the Keepers’ dogma about everyone working hard to contribute to the general good of society, however Matt never sees Raúl doing any actual work himself. Thus, Raúl shows the hypocrisy of the Keeper’s corrupt collectivist system.