Check out this photographic essay on the repatriation of Mexican migrant workers who died from COVID in the U.S. and whose bodies were flown to Mexico.
And I'm sure this will just keep happening, with ever new recruits from Mexico or Central America whose lives will similarly be put at risk to keep food on our tables.
Thanks to journalist, Michelle Garcia, for sharing.
This is beyond sad.
-Angela Valenzuela
On Saturday 11 July, a plane arrived in Mexico City with the remains of nearly 250 Mexican migrant workers who had died of Covid-19 in the US. A solemn ceremony was held with the participation of the consul general for New York, Jorge Islas López, who had helped organise the repatriation flight.
Puebla is one of the states in Mexico that sends most migrants to the US. Most arrive from this southern part of the state, known as ‘Mixteca Poblana’
Most of the urns carrying ashes on the flight came from three east coast states – New York, New Jersey and Connecticut– and nearly half were destined for the state of Puebla, the home that many Mexicans had not returned to for years while they were working in the US.
Two days later the families of the dead lined up to receive the ashes, which had been transported from the capital all the way to the state government’s palace, Casa Aguayo in Puebla City. Government officials placed flowers on top of the boxes covered in black cloth while family members remained in the palace waiting for their names to be called.
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