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Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal-Maquin

8/11/2019

 
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The first soul in my En Memoriam project honoring asylum seekers who did not survive the rigors of the American border.
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal-Maquin, age 7
of Raxruha, Guatemala.
Died Dec. 8, 2018, in New Mexico. 
She and her father traveled 3,000 miles from Guatemala seeking a better life. She jumped when her father told her she could come with him to the U.S.  She thought she might get her first toy, or learn to write. She got her first pair of shoes right before the trip. They were apprehended the night of Dec. 6 at the extremely remote port of entry at Antelope Wells, New Mexico, by Border Patrol agents,  just 2 days before she died. Jakelin died of sepsis.

Jakelin's story HERE.
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin
Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin

Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin
Photo source: Maquin family (via web)
Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal-Maquin


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*  La Corua  was a large water serpent that lived in springs of water and protected them. It had a cross on its forehead and cleaned the veins of water with its teeth.  According to Sonoran folk beliefs, if one killed the Corua, the spring would dry up.  Vanishing water sources and  economic pressures in Mexico have pushed the folktale of La Corua  to the dustbin of history on both sides of the border.

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