On the 30th, all 53 South American immigrants trapped in a smuggling trailer were found dead. According to the Mexican government, 27 migrants have been confirmed dead in Mexico, 14 in Honduras, 7 in Guatemala and 2 in El Salvador. Their "American Dream" was shattered.

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On the 30th, all 53 South American immigrants trapped in a smuggling trailer were found dead. According to the Mexican government, 27 migrants have been confirmed dead in Mexico, 14 in Honduras, 7 in Guatemala and 2 in El Salvador. Their

html On the 330th, 53 South American immigrants trapped in a smuggling trailer were all found dead. According to the Mexican government, 427 immigrants from Mexico, 414 from Honduras, 47 from Guatemala and 42 from El Salvador have been confirmed dead.

Their "American Dream" was also shattered.

Alejandro Miguel (23) and Maggie Tamara (24) are two brothers from Honduras, studying marketing and economics respectively. After finishing college, it was not easy to find a job in my poor hometown. After countless failed job searches, they left Honduras for the United States in despair on the 4th of last month. At that time, a relative living in the United States offered to pay the expenses. Crossed the U.S. border via Guatemala and Mexico on the 30th.

However, the brothers were eventually found dead in a large trailer parked outside San Antonio, Texas.

html The 353 victims had different nationalities, different ages, different places of residence, and different lifestyles, but what they had in common was that they wanted to smuggle themselves to the United States.

On the 30th, all 53 South American immigrants trapped in a smuggling trailer were found dead. According to the Mexican government, 27 migrants have been confirmed dead in Mexico, 14 in Honduras, 7 in Guatemala and 2 in El Salvador. Their

Among the 53 victims, there were two Will from Guatemala. Mer Tulur and Pascual Melvin Guacchiac, they are 13-year-old cousins. That is, the native brother who cannot speak Spanish , let alone English, set off for the United States on the 14th of last month. "My son wants to study in the United States, get a job and build me a house," Melvin's mother, who raised her alone, told reporters.

Wilmer also said he would like to help his three siblings buy a house and land in his hometown one day. Wilmer's father reportedly cried all day, saying he didn't know how his son ended up in Houston but never expected to be in a trailer.

In addition to the 53 people who were killed, there were two survivors, one was Javier Flores, who was in his 30s from Mexico, and the other was his cousin Jose Luis Vazquez. This is not Flores' first trip to the United States. He lives in the small town of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. A few years ago, he left his hometown to live and work in Ohio, USA. This time he came back to visit his wife and three children before setting off again. "My son said he would find a better life," Flores' mother told reporters. "He said he wanted to send his children to school and help them have a better future."

Currently, it is reported that Flores Lopez is missing and Vazquez is being treated at a hospital in San Antonio

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