He was just five months old and his death hurts because it reflects the immigration crisis. The child’s death occurred in Mexico in early 2024, on Monday afternoon, January 1.

The baby, who responded to the name Emma Dayana, was with her parents. Both were injured.

According to Excelsior, the migrants are Lourdes Guadalupe Centeno, 25 years old; and Josué Alberto Portillo Martínez, 22, were waiting with Emma Dayana for the moment to board, in the worst possible way, a train that would take them closer to the border with the United States.

How Emma, ​​the five-month-old migrant baby, died

Lourdes and Josué were “at the Ferromex yards, located in Arroyo San Miguel in the municipality of El Carmen.”

On the first Monday of the new year, after 5 p.m., the parents fell “while trying to board the moving train.” The worst was the five-month-old baby.

Unofficially, Mileno published, “it was reported that the mother’s child slipped from her arms and fell to the ground.”

For example, this woman gave birth on the roof of a train that took her from Mexico to the border with the United States

This family, who lost their daughter, is from Honduras. Lourdes and Josué receive medical attention in a hospital, Milenio continues.

They were assisted on the spot by civil protection officials from Nuevo León. Likewise, they found little Emma Dayana without vital signs.

The five-month-old baby’s parents were taken to Monterrey University Hospital.

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death train

A week ago, on December 26, Antena 3 published that ‘The Beast’ is the train used by migrants to cross Mexico on their way to the United States and “it has become a symbol of the challenges and risks.”

In turn, Infobae reported in September 2023 that ‘La Bestia’ is a train network ‘responsible for the supply of various goods in Mexico, but that the also called Train of Death, is widely known for transporting migrants, mainly from South America, who plan to reach the United States.”

Authorities have stated, as EFE recalled, that “in December (2023), historic numbers of people attempting to enter the United States were recorded at the border with Mexico, where the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) monitored the arrival of more than 2 people confirmed. 2 million migrants from January to November.

(JO)