Marta Ana Raymundo (family photo via Univision)
Who is Marta Raymundo?
El Pereodico reported she is originally from Nebaj, Quiché. According to the publication, Marta s parents are survivors of the Salquil Grande genocide in Nebaj.
Marta left her home in Guatemala for the US with a group of smugglers, called the Coyotes by her father. She left the country sometime in the last week of April and managed to cross the US border around April 30. It is unclear when exactly she died. On May 4, her body was found by a Border Patrol Liaison unit, and taken to Lubbock for identification. The Consulate General of Guatemala in Atlanta then got involved, after Francisco contacted them for help.
Marta Ana Raymundo died last week after she crossed the United States-Mexico border, Univision reported Thursday
The 22-year-old Guatemalan last conversation with her dad was Saturday when she informed Francisco Raymundo that she was on her way
The young woman was packed with other migrants into a vehicle and then fainted at a warehouse where they were being kept at
Francisco Raymundo learned of his daughter s location after he spoke to one of the migrants, who sent him a map with directions where to find her in Texas
DailyMail.com reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for comment
Body of Guatemalan woman, 22, dumped on Texas road by heartless human smugglers after hellish ordeal
Updated: 18:39 ET, May 7 2021
SMUGGLERS dumped the dead body of a 22-year-old Guatemalan woman after a hellish ordeal attempting to cross the Mexico-US border.
Marta Ana Raymundo was found on the side of a Texas road this week after she left her Guatemala home in the hopes of reuniting with her family in Atlanta, Georgia.
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A 22-year-old Guatemalan woman was tossed off the side of a Texas road after she died while crossing the borderCredit: Family Photo
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Marta apparently had crossed the border last Friday in the middle of the nightCredit: AP