Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal-Maquin

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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.

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Photo source: Maquin family (via web)

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