The mother of a man who drowned alongside his 23-month-old daughter while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas says she feels a hole that 'nobody can fill'
1 / 12APTOPIX El Salvador Mexico US Border Migrant DeathsRosa Ramirez sobs as she shows journalists toys that belonged to her nearly 2-year-old granddaughter Valeria in her home in San Martin, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 25, 2019.
Ramírez had shared the sea-green brick home with barred windows in San Martin on the outskirts of the capital, San Salvador, with her son, his wife, 21-year-old Tania Vanessa Ávalos and their daughter until the young family decided to make the journey north. The area has had problems with gang violence but these days it"is calm," she said, adding that he never had any problems with gangs — they left for economic reasons.
"I would see him walking with the girl. He called her 'little curly one,'" Argueta said."It was very sweet."
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