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Julia Le Duc

Authorities stand behind warning tape along the Rio Grande bank where the bodies of Salvadoran migrant Oscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his nearly 2-year-old daughter Valeria were found, in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, June 24, 2019, after they drowned trying to cross the river to Brownsville, Texas. Martinez' wife, Tania told Mexican authorities she watched her husband and child disappear in the strong current. AP Photo/Julia Le Duc

World Jun 25

Drowning of father and daughter at border highlights migrants’ perils

By Peter Orsi, Amy Guthrie, Associated Press

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