Guatemalan villagers recognize viral photo of mother pleading at U.S. border
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS JULY 30, 2019 / 4:14 PM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Guatemalan villagers recognize viral photo of mother pleading at U.S. border
Milton Castillo
4 MIN READ
LA LIBERTAD, Guatemala (Reuters) - Lolinda Amaya cried last week when she saw a viral photograph of a Guatemalan mother imploring Mexicos National Guard to let her enter the United States.
It was her niece, Ledy Perez, who had borrowed money weeks earlier and fled her village under cover of night, seeking a better life for her only child. The widely shared photo here showed her crouched meters away from Mexico's border with the United States, clinging to her young son Anthony Diaz as she looked up at an armed member of the newly formed Mexican military police force.
We were all crying because we hadnt heard anything about her, nor about the boy, Amaya said, perched in front of the modest family home in Guatemalas El Peten district.
At an interview in their home, Amaya said she and Perezs grandmother had seen images and video of the pair published last week by Reuters as they spread across the internet.
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