Opinion: Border policies have pushed too many immigrants to watery deaths along the San Diego coast [Opinion]
The March 11 deaths off the La Jolla coast of eight immigrants trying to reach the United States in two boats in stormy conditions was only the latest such tragedy.As a transfronterizo Chicano who has resided in the region for over 60 years, my wonderful recuerdos and memories of growing up are filled with traversing the border for family gatherings in Playas de Tijuana and memorable dinners at Super Antojitos with my parents.
Initially, the many candles lit and numerous prayers recited, evoked to sustain the living, are now transformed as prayers and petitions to guide the souls of the dead into the underworld and afterlife. One part of the indigenous history of the Americas is framed by the Mexica people — as the Aztecs called themselves — in search of the promised land led by the God Huitzilopochtli in search for their homeland that would become the great ceremonial center of Tenochtitlán and about their place of origin known as Aztlán. Digging even deeper, we are taught about the important deity Tláloc, the God of rain and storms.
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