Family of dead migrants in Texas boat for support
Xalapa Ver.- (AVC/Isabel Ortega) Relatives of Jair, Yovani and Misael, young people who died in San Antonio Texas, asked for support in Parque Juárez to defray the expenses of organizing prayers, while waiting for the repatriation of the victims. bodies.
Diego Alberto Mendoza, cousin of the three young people from San Marcos Atexquilapa in Naolinco, recalled that the family has spent a lot of money in the last two weeks because since they make daily rosaries, they must invest in food, bread and coffee to thank those who accompany them. .
Governor Cuitlhuac García Jiménez declared on July 2 that they will support the costs of moving the bodies, which is what corresponds to his administration, which is separated from any extraordinary support to pay the mortgage on the youth’s home.
Diego Alberto Mendoza explained that the boating in Parque Juárez is with the idea of supporting the family, since a lot of money has been spent waiting for the repatriation of their remains and the constant visit of people from neighboring communities.
There have been a lot of expenses these weeks, because there – to the town of San Marcos – many people arrive who support, because we still have to attend to them. They support us a lot there, for that reason we come to Xalapa for the family, the truth is that they have spent a lot of money.
Diego reported that for two weeks they have been carrying out activities to obtain money, from raffles to pototing in communities to be able to support his family and what funeral expenses imply, because every day people come to the rosaries.
Yovani is 16 years old, his brother Jair 20 and his cousin Misael 16; the three sought to reach the United States; The last thing their families heard from them was a message on Monday, June 27, in which they warned that they were going to leave in a trailer headed for San Antonio.
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