Tuesday marks one year since 53 migrants were abandoned in a tractor-trailer on Quintana Road and died. A memorial still stands honoring and remembering the lives lost.
“They deserve to be remembered every single day,” Karissa Martinez said. “This memorial right there will always be a place that’s like a family can come and just sit and be with their loved ones regardless of what happened.”
on Quintana Road, volunteers played the national anthem of Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico and read all 53 names.in San Antonio’s history. Officials declared 48 people dead in the tractor-trailer. In the days that followed, five more people died.
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