After 2,000 miles they crossed the U.S. border; then tragedy struck


  • World
  • Thursday, 15 Nov 2018

Mourners gather around the grave of Misael Paiz, 25, at his funeral in Aguacate, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

TUCSON, Ariz./AGUACATE, Guatemala (Reuters) - The 911 emergency call came in to the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson station around midnight.

Joselino Gomez Esteban's voice crackled through an older cell phone from somewhere in Arizona's Sonoran Desert, the final stretch of a 2,000-mile (3,218 km) migration from Guatemala.

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