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In a small Mexican village, prayers and hope for missing migrants

By Associated Press

July 1, 2022

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Residents hold a candlelight vigil to pray that three local teenagers, two brothers and a cousin, are not among the 53 migrants who died in a stifling, abandoned trailer in Texas, in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, late Thursday, June 30. One of the three teens, Misael, was later confirmed to have perished in the trailer while the fate of brothers Jair and Yovani remained unknown.
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Residents hold a candlelight vigil to pray for three local teenagers in hopes they are not among the 53 migrants who died in a stifling, abandoned trailer in Texas, in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, late Thursday, June 30. One of the three teens, Misael, was later confirmed to have perished in the trailer while the fate of Jair and Yovani remained unknown.
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Youths accompany the Olivares family home after a candlelight vigil to pray that three local teenagers, two brothers and a cousin from the Olivares family, are not among the 53 migrants who died in a stifling, abandoned trailer in Texas, in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, late Thursday, June 30. One of the three teens, Misael, was later confirmed to have perished in the trailer while the fate of brothers Jair and Yovani remained unknown.
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Yolanda Olivares, the mother of teens Yovani and Jair, prays during a candlelight vigil that three local teenagers, her two sons and their cousin, are not among the 53 migrants who died in a stifling, abandoned trailer in Texas, in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, late Thursday, June 30. The cousin, Misael, was later confirmed to have perished in the trailer while the fate of brothers Jair and Yovani remained unknown.
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Teofilo Valencia places photographs of his teenage sons Jair and Yovani on a bed at his home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, late Thursday, June 30. Valencia is waiting to know if his sons were among the 53 migrants who perished inside a stifling trailer in Texas, where the cousin they were traveling with, Misael, has been confirmed to have died.
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An improvised altar with the photographs of brother's Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares, stands outside their home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, June 30. Neighbors prayed for the brothers and a cousin who are missing after confirming that they were traveling in the abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas where more than 50 bodies were found.
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Neighbors pray for the brothers Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares and cousin Misael Olivares in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, June 30. The three youths are missing, after it was confirmed to the family that they were traveling in the abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas where more than 50 bodies were found.
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Neighbors pray for the brothers Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares and their cousin Misael Olivares in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, June 30. The three youths are missing after it was confirmed to the family that they were traveling in the abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas where more than 50 bodies were found.
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Yolanda Olivares, mother of Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares, prays in front of an improvised altar with the photographs of her missing children, in front of her home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, June 30. Neighbors prayed for the youths who are missing after confirming that they were traveling in the abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas, where more than 50 bodies of migrants were found.
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Yolanda Olivares, mother of Yovani and Jair Valencia Olivares, arranges an altar with the photographs of her missing children, in front of her home in San Marcos Atexquilapan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Thursday, June 30. Neighbors prayed for the youths who are missing after confirming that they were traveling in the abandoned trailer in San Antonio, Texas, where more than 50 bodies of migrants were found.
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Jose Santos Bueso, father of Jazmin Nayarith Bueso, is comforted by a neighbor at his home in El Progreso, Honduras, Thursday, June 30. Nayarith Bueso was among the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas.
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Jaser Daniel Ortiz shows a photo of his mother Nayarith Bueso in El Progreso, Honduras, Thursday, June 30. Nayarith Bueso was among the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas.
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Karen Caballero, the mother of Fernando Redondo Caballero and Alejandro Andino Caballero who died near San Antonio, Texas, after being discovered in a hot trailer full of migrants being smuggled into the US, speaks during an impromptu conference at their home in Las Vegas, Honduras, Wednesday, June 29. Caballero's sons were among the bodies of 51 people discovered in what is believed to be the nation's deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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