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The death of 64 immigrants in the US / Heartbroken mother: How could I let this happen to my children?

2022-07-02 20:11:13Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The death of 64 immigrants in the US / Heartbroken mother: How could I let this

It was June 25 when Karen Caballero was gripped by an "unexplained heaviness" in her chest. She no longer had contact with her children. Two days later, around 8:00 p.m., she received an alert on her cell phone.

Dozens of migrants had died from the heat inside an abandoned truck near the city of San Antonio, Texas, just over a hundred miles from the US-Mexico border. Panicked, Ms Caballero searched Google and Facebook for phone numbers of the Honduran consulate in the US, hospitals and police stations to find out if her two sons and daughter-in-law could be among the victims.

It was 2am and no one was answering. Fernando Redondo Caballero, Alejandro Andino Caballero and Margie Paz were among those who lost their lives.

Since then it turned out that Margie Paz Grajera, 24 years old; Alejandro Andino Caballero, 23, and Fernando Redondo Caballero, 18 - relatives of Ms Caballero - were among the 53 migrants who died inside the truck carrying 62 people from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

They died locked inside a trailer with no ventilation when the temperature reached 40C.

Speaking to the BBC, Ms Caballero asked: "How, being such an overprotective mother, could I let this happen to my children?"

"If my kids didn't come back by 8:00 p.m. at night, I would go out and look for them until I could take them home."

She hasn't even had time to cry, she says, overwhelmed by calls from so many family members, friends and reporters.

Magdalena Tepaz - whose son Wilmer Tulul, 14, died in Monday's crash - arrives at Guatemala's Foreign Ministry to collect his body.

But "anyone who thinks, 'This woman doesn't feel pain, this woman doesn't suffer,' is wrong," she said.

"The truth is, I have to stay strong because I have to understand that. As a mother, I still have to bring my children home."

Since the horrific revelation of the worst migrant smuggling tragedy in modern US history earlier this week, the identities of some of the 53 dead in a truck in San Antonio have begun to emerge.

They paint a picture of mostly poor people from across the region looking to start over and seek new opportunities.

Mexican authorities said Wednesday that a total of 67 migrants were inside the truck, while prosecutors in San Antonio put the number at 64.


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