Immigrant bodies return to tierra nativa

“Almaraz’s body becomes one more in a lengthening cortege of dead Hispanic immigrants being flown and driven across the border. As immigrant populations across the West swell and age, more and more bodies are being ferried south ”” mostly to Mexico ”” for burial in tierra nativa.

“It’s definitely increasing,” said Brett Gowen, owner of the Sunset Mesa funeral home in Montrose. “As we see the influx of generations coming in here, the migrant workers, most of them are shipping back to Mexico.””

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