A man and his two year old daughter lying in shallow water on the banks of the Rio Grande face down, the girl hidden under the shirt of the father, clinging to his neck in the last minutes of life.
A sad photo taken on Monday, June 24, journalist Julie Le Doux and published by the Mexican newspaper La Jornada, shows the deadly dangers faced by migrants from Central America, hoping for asylum in the United States.
Photo: Associated Press
According to the journalist who spoke with the relatives of the deceased, a citizen of El Salvador, Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez, hoping to find asylum in the United States on Sunday, crossed the Rio Grande with his daughter Valeria.
He dropped the child on the shore on the American side and went back to his wife — Tanya Vanessa Avalos. But, seeing that the father leaves, the girl jumped into the water. The man managed to grab the child, but a strong stream of water blew both of them.
According to the Associated Press, last year along the 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico were found the bodies of 283 immigrants.
We will remind, at the weekend, three children and a 20-year-old girl migrant died from dehydration at the border. In early June, in the desert of Arizona was found the body of 6-year-old girl from India.
According to Mexican authorities, they a few weeks ago we started to visit shelters for migrants, to warn of the dangers of crossing the Rio Grande, as it is very strong underwater currents.
As told the mother of the deceased men, he and his family left El Salvador on April 3 of this year. In the States, a man wanted to earn money to save to build a house.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs of El Salvador said that working to assist the family of Ramirez.
