A horse-drawn carriage took a coffin decorated with Mexican and American flags of the slain Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen for one last lap on her high school’s track field on Friday. The only sound during a one-minute moment of silence below the blazing Texas sun was the wailing of her grandmother, Lorenza Almanza, as she touched the end of the carriage, which had windows surrounding the coffin. Specialist Guillen’s mother, Gloria Guillen, took deep breaths through her face mask as she touched the glass. Like many other family members, Ms. Guillen was dressed in a white T-shirt displaying a photo of her daughter depicted with angel wings. Specialist Guillen’s younger sister Lupe Guillen sat at the front of the carriage, slumped as her grandmother wept.

Source: New York Times August 15, 2020 01:30 UTC