A few months ago, after her husband had left for work, Carolina Ramírez Pérez called her brother in California and told him she needed to escape her home with her children. AdvertisementSeveral years into her marriage, Pérez and Ruíz crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in search of better economic opportunities. He began threatening to take her daughter from Pérez’s mother and to also hurt his mother-in-law, Ramírez said. Finally, at the end of last January, Pérez and her three children living with her and Ruíz traveled to the border. AdvertisementPérez’s mother, Juliana Pérez López, and Pérez’s 14-year-old daughter, Michel, flew to Tijuana after the crash and stayed in a house that’s a 10-minute drive from the border.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 20, 2021 16:02 UTC