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Esparza family
Arcelia Contreras Ortega, 44, left, and her mother, Alicia Ortega Ortiz, 61, talk about the death of Omar Esparza, 17, at the family home in Aguascalientes, Mexico. They are the mother and grandmother of the boy who, along with his cousin, Roberto, was among the 11 found dead on a grain car in Denison, Iowa, as they tried to get to the United States illegally.
Tribune photo by Jose M. Osorio
Esparza family Arcelia Contreras Ortega, 44, left, and her mother, Alicia Ortega Ortiz, 61, talk about the death of Omar Esparza, 17, at the family home in Aguascalientes, Mexico. They are the mother and grandmother of the boy who, along with his cousin, Roberto, was among the 11 found dead on a grain car in Denison, Iowa, as they tried to get to the United States illegally.
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