Guatemalans still risk migration despite child deaths in US
Associated PressCAMOTAN, Guatemala — Flies buzzed around the drinking water and food in the home of Ericka Gutiérrez Vásquez, as her 6-year-old son, Darwin, lay bedridden with diarrhea and vomiting. “They left,” said Gutiérrez, who’s on the hook for her son’s smuggler’s fee and stands to lose her, dark, humid, dirt-floor adobe home if she can’t pay. “They knew that my son had died, but they also have their needs.” Toribio Aldana, president of Tizamarte’s Community Council, said about 100 of the village’s 1,000 people have emigrated so far this year. “Women and men with their children, they’re always leaving,” Castillo said. “People believe that with their children, they’ll be able to make it.” Health Ministry official Eliu Mazariego said common maladies in the dry corridor are infectious disease, diarrhea and pneumonia aggravated by hunger.
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