  The second soul in my En Memoriam project honoring asylum seekers who did not survive the rigors of the American border. Felipe Alonzo Gomez, Age 8, of Guatemala. Died Dec. 24, 2018, New Mexico Felipe was excited to come to America. His father, Augustin, thought taking Felipe to the U.S. would give him more “opportunity,” and was focused on escaping the poverty of their hometown. Felipe hoped to have his own bicycle. The boy’s mother, Catarina Alonzo Perez, said she spoke with her son the day before they arrived at the U.S. border. “He wasn’t sick on the way; he wasn’t sick here,” she said through her stepdaughter in the Mayan language known as Chuj. His body was returned to Guatemala. More of Felipe's story HERE.
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