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Wednesday, November 6
Migrant traveled in search of the “American dream” to pay his mortgage and found his death in Mexico
Around fifty people watched this Sunday in Guatemala the remains of Daniel Arnulfo Pérez, one of the migrants who died on December 9 in a traffic accident in Mexico , where others 55 people died and more than 100 were injured.
The body of Pérez, of 41 years, he was repatriated on Saturday night to Guatemala, from Mexico , along with those of three other migrants, and his remains were veiled this Sunday in the department of Chimaltenango (center), where he was from.
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The bodies of the other three deceased migrants were transferred to their villages births in the department of San Marcos (west), adjacent to Mexico.
The tragic accident, which occurred on December 9 in the state of Chiapas in southeastern Mexico, he left 56 people perished and 114 injured.
Pére’s farewell z by their family and friends took place in the San Sebastián parish, located in the municipality of El Tejar, in Chimaltenango, some 50 kilometers west of Guatemala City.
Pérez’s wife, Mayra Olivares, told reporters that her partner worked in a bread factory, but was fired during the pandemic .
That is why, to pay the mortgage on his home, Pérez tried to cross Mexico to reach the United States in search of better life opportunities, but died in the accident. The migrant was the father of three children: two girls of 18 Y 10 years, and a child of 13.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the deceased repatriated to Guatemala on Saturday night had between 27 Y 41 years.
Odyssey in Mexico
Olivares painfully explained to journalists that, after learning of the accident, he traveled to Mexico on 10 and searched for her husband in five hospitals, until she finally found him in a morgue.
Between tears and sobs, Olivares blamed the “poverty” of the Central American country for what happened since in Guatemala there are no “opportunities” tosurvive.
Pérez will be buried this Sunday afternoon in El Tejar , Chimaltenango , surrounded by his family and friends.
The accident occurred when a trailer carrying migrants hit the wall of a pedestrian bridge al, during his journey through Chiapas, presumably because the driver lost control due to speeding.
The more than 150 migrants who were transported in the truck had the objective of crossing Mexico to reach the United States.
According to the Mexican authorities, Other confirmed 10 deceased of Guatemalan nationality , and almost one Hundred of the injured also came from the Central American country.
Each year over 500, 000 Guatemalans, Hondurans and Salvadorans try to emigrate irregularly to the United States s in search of better living conditions, to escape poverty and violence in their home countries, based on calculations by experts and international organizations.
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