In Guatemala, families mourn the migrants who never reached the USA


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  • Thursday, 24 Oct 2024

Family members carry the body of Widman Alexander Tax Chinic, 26, who drowned four months earlier trying to cross into the U.S., from the family's home to their church in Yepocapa, Guatemala, June 19, 2024. Widman and his partner Rossanna Azucena Coche Navichoc, 25, lost their lives after losing their footing and becoming separated from the group, they were swept downstream by the strong current and later found dead in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. In Widman's home, the frame that holds his photo on the mantelpiece is turned backwards, a frame around blank cardboard; his mother, Marta, 45, is not yet able to face it. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

YEPOCAPA/SAN JUAN LA LAGUNA, Guatemala (Reuters) - The journey of Rossanna and Widman began in the Guatemalan village of San Juan La Laguna, on the turquoise Lake Atitlan, where they met when he bought the tortillas she was selling for lunch.

It ended in the murky waters of the Rio Grande.

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