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Oscar Alberto + Angie Valeria Martinez-Ramirez

8/24/2019

 
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The fourth & fifth souls in my En Memoriam project honoring asylum seekers who did not survive the rigors of the American border.
​Óscar Alberto Martínez-Ramírez, 25 yrs.
Angie Valeria, 23 mos.
both of El Salvador 
Drowned together in the Rio Grande River, June 24, 2019
Working at a pizzeria in El Salvador, Óscar  made approximately $350 a month supporting his wife Tania Vanessa Ávalos, and their young daughter, Valeria. The three lived with his mother, Rosa Ramírez, in a two-bedroom home outside of San Salvador. She gave them the larger room, but they wanted more than a life on $10 a day.

Frustrated at being unable to present themselves to U.S. authorities and request asylum, Oscar swam across the river with his daughter. He set her on the U.S. bank of the river and started back for his wife, but seeing him move away the girl threw herself into the waters. Óscar returned and was able to grab Valeria, but the current then swept them both away.

​Oscar & Valeria's story HERE. 
Óscar y Valeria Martínez Ramírez
Óscar y Valeria Martínez Ramírez
Óscar y Valeria Martínez Ramírez
Image source: Maria Estela Avalos (via web)


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