The migrants who never reached the US

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In Guatemala, families mourn migrants who never reached the US

Family members carry the body of Widman Alexander Tax Chinic, 26, to their church in Yepocapa, Guatemala, June 19, 2024.

Family members carry the body of Widman Alexander Tax Chinic, 26, to their church in Yepocapa. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

In the Guatemalan highlands, the US election campaigning about immigration and the debates over border security all feel very distant.

For the people in this Wider Image report by Cheney Orr, the story is simply that of two of their young who left to seek a better life and returned in boxes in the back of a van.

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