A horrific photo from the US-Mexico border shows a Salvadoran father and his daughter face-down in the water, having drowned while trying to get to the United States
The young girl is tucked inside her father's shirt, her right arm around his neck as they lie near the shore. They were discovered on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl from India who died near the US-Mexico borderThe government of El Salvador identified them as Oscar Alberto Martinez and his daughter, Angie Valeria M.The child was 2 years old, The Associated Press reported.
Another beer can floats next to the girl's body. Salvadoran officials said the father and daughter drowned on Sunday. Their bodies were found Monday. Salvadoran Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandra Hill said the government is working with Mexican authorities to repatriate the remains.She called on those who plan to migrate to the United States illegally to refrain from doing so. "Our county is in mourning, again.
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