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July 18, 2022

Families Lay to Rest Guatemalan Teens Who Died in Sweltering Migrant Trailer in Texas
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In Guatemala, relatives have buried two migrant teenagers who died last
month in a sweltering trailer in Texas as they attempted to reunite with
family in the United States. Fourteen-year-old Wilmer Tulul and
13-year-old Melvin Guachiac were laid to rest in the western highlands
town of Nahualá on Saturday. They were among 53 asylum seekers who died
of heat stroke and suffocation in the back of an 18-wheeler abandoned on
the side of a road in San Antonio, Texas, in June. This is Wilmer
Tulul's grandfather Juan.

Juan Tulul: "My namesake died. My namesake had a dream to go in search
of his life. He dreamed of getting a house, a piece of land."



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