The story of Lucresia Domenguez
Alt. title: For a better quality of life
Lucresia Domenguez Luna was born on November 23, 1969 on Rancho del Durazno in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico.
This is a story of the a woman who wanted to come to the United States to “create a better quality of life for her children”. Lucresia's husband had left them to go to work at Fort Worth, Texas, so that they could lead a better life. He had been there illegally and hence was not in a position to return to Mexico, for fear of being caught and arrested at the borders.
Later, Lucresia, with her children, Nora and Jesus, set out to cross the desert, with the help of sumgglers who charged them $1600 per head to cross the desert and into Texas. Along the way Lucresia, could no longer continue and the party left her and Jesus behind. They took Nora along. For 19 hours, Jesus remained at her side. Their water supply soon got over and Jesus was forced to leave his mother behind in search of water in the desert. He continued on alone until he was eventually apprehended by the United States Border Patrol. The Border Patrol made little effort to find his mother, and he was deported back to Nogales, Sonora.
On June 21, 2005, Lucresia died after literally being burned alive in the scorching summer heat.
Cesario Dominguez, Lucresia’s father, was able to get a visa to come to the U.S. to search for Lucresia’s remains. Her son was denied entry into the U.S. by both the Mexican and U.S. governments. He searched the Sonoran Desert for weeks for any trace of his daughter, starting his days at 5 a.m. and searching until long after sundown. Since her son recalled the location of her body, but was unable to be part of the search, he was phoned regularly in Nogales so the search party could ask him questions about what he remembered. Finally, on the morning of July 23, Dominguez came upon his daughter's skeletal remains in a dry creek bed about 10 miles from State Highway 286. The three rings on her left hand, a suitcase nearby and a towel covering her face, just as Jesus had described, were sufficient evidence that this was his daughter. During the course of his search, Dominguez also found the remains of three other illegal immigrants.
It was consolatory that the smugglers united an unharmed Nora with her father at Texas.
At the memorial service for Lucresia , people offered prayers - for the public to have a better understanding of the economic situation that makes people leave their homes, for the Border Patrol to have a heart and for rain. Some prayed that U.S. government officials would finally put a human face on the border crisis, while others wished that Border Patrol officers would “become more human.”
Hundereds of people have lost their lives in attempting to cross the desert, illegally into Arizona.
A tragic tale of what an economic crisis can compell perfectly normal to do.
Lucresia Domenguez Luna was born on November 23, 1969 on Rancho del Durazno in Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico.
This is a story of the a woman who wanted to come to the United States to “create a better quality of life for her children”. Lucresia's husband had left them to go to work at Fort Worth, Texas, so that they could lead a better life. He had been there illegally and hence was not in a position to return to Mexico, for fear of being caught and arrested at the borders.
Later, Lucresia, with her children, Nora and Jesus, set out to cross the desert, with the help of sumgglers who charged them $1600 per head to cross the desert and into Texas. Along the way Lucresia, could no longer continue and the party left her and Jesus behind. They took Nora along. For 19 hours, Jesus remained at her side. Their water supply soon got over and Jesus was forced to leave his mother behind in search of water in the desert. He continued on alone until he was eventually apprehended by the United States Border Patrol. The Border Patrol made little effort to find his mother, and he was deported back to Nogales, Sonora.
On June 21, 2005, Lucresia died after literally being burned alive in the scorching summer heat.
Cesario Dominguez, Lucresia’s father, was able to get a visa to come to the U.S. to search for Lucresia’s remains. Her son was denied entry into the U.S. by both the Mexican and U.S. governments. He searched the Sonoran Desert for weeks for any trace of his daughter, starting his days at 5 a.m. and searching until long after sundown. Since her son recalled the location of her body, but was unable to be part of the search, he was phoned regularly in Nogales so the search party could ask him questions about what he remembered. Finally, on the morning of July 23, Dominguez came upon his daughter's skeletal remains in a dry creek bed about 10 miles from State Highway 286. The three rings on her left hand, a suitcase nearby and a towel covering her face, just as Jesus had described, were sufficient evidence that this was his daughter. During the course of his search, Dominguez also found the remains of three other illegal immigrants.
It was consolatory that the smugglers united an unharmed Nora with her father at Texas.
At the memorial service for Lucresia , people offered prayers - for the public to have a better understanding of the economic situation that makes people leave their homes, for the Border Patrol to have a heart and for rain. Some prayed that U.S. government officials would finally put a human face on the border crisis, while others wished that Border Patrol officers would “become more human.”
Hundereds of people have lost their lives in attempting to cross the desert, illegally into Arizona.
A tragic tale of what an economic crisis can compell perfectly normal to do.
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