Dad, daughter drown on US Mexico border

By Peter Orsi and Amy Guthrie
Updated June 26 2019 - 11:03am, first published 10:58am
Migrant Tania Vanessa Avalos's husband and child drowned in the Rio Grande.
Migrant Tania Vanessa Avalos's husband and child drowned in the Rio Grande.

A photograph of a man and his 23-month-old daughter who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande, has highlighted the perils for central American migrants trying to flee violence and poverty.

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