Grief Across Latin America for Migrant Killings

AGUA CALIENTE, GUATEMALA- Gilmar Morales was warned the journey north would be hard. So Gilmar Morales beefed up on eggs and sausage, bought some ham sandwhiches from the bodega across the street, told his mother he loved her and set off with two other relatives on a path well-traveled by young people here in one of Latin America's poorest countries. Despite hardships and perils that stand before them- a raging drug war in Mexico, walls, border agents, National guard troops, anti-immigrant fervor and a fragile economy if they even make it- they still come. Morales was found with 71 others him being the 72 killed near the texas border. Was Gilmar, the one with the familiar yellow-and-white striped T-shirt, and his blue pants? Mr. Morales, 22, and his companions headed north, later confirmed as victims of the massacre.

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