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Immigrant Identification Begins In Texas

Bodies Of Immigrants Being Identified In Texas
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Editor, Latino Voices

In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo, a sign and plastic flower mark the Falfurrias, Texas grave for the unidentified remains of a suspected illegal immigrant discovered in South Texas. The death of migrants crossing the Southwest border has long been a tragic consequence of illegal immigration and, many say, the massive increase in U.S. border enforcement. For some, the tragedies are a powerful motivator in pushing Congress to act this year on a larger immigration reform package. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
In this Feb. 22, 2013 photo, a sign and plastic flower mark the Falfurrias, Texas grave for the unidentified remains of a suspected illegal immigrant discovered in South Texas. The death of migrants crossing the Southwest border has long been a tragic consequence of illegal immigration and, many say, the massive increase in U.S. border enforcement. For some, the tragedies are a powerful motivator in pushing Congress to act this year on a larger immigration reform package. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

One of the girl’s pink and white high-top sneakers, size 6

Medical Examiner Corinne Stern placed her at 15 to 17 years old, but knew little else.

Now, a month later, the body of Sandra Maribel Jarama Naula, 17, is back home in Ecuador, and her husband knows her fate.

The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reports none of these stories have the ending that friends and relatives want, but now there is a greater likelihood that they will at least have an ending.

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