“People don’t flee their homes because they want to,” said President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, referring to Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, who died in the Rio Grande.
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‘I Didn’t Want Them to Go’: Salvadoran Family Grieves for Father and Daughter Who Drowned
A photograph capturing the fate of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter, Angie Valeria, points to one of the major drivers of the crisis that convinced them to migrate: economic duress.
Photo of Drowned Migrants Captures Pathos of Those Who Risk It All
A Mexican newspaper published a heartbreaking image of a man and his young daughter who died while trying to cross the Rio Grande.