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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Uriel J. García

A Mexican farmworker crossed the border dreaming of building his family a home. Days later, he was fatally shot in West Texas.

Ivan Pierre Aguirre Mark Sheppard Michael Sheppard Texas Texas Tribune Mexico United States Austin Durango Immigration
Luz Maria Martinez and Napoleon Sepulveda cry over their son, Jesus Ivan Sepulveda, who was shot and killed by a prison warden (at the time) last week near Sierra Blanca, Texas, Wednesday, October 5, 2022, in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. Sepulveda was shot while the group of migrants he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with stopped for water near Sierra Blanca, Texas. Photo by Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune
Luz María Martínez Castro and Napoleón Sepúlveda Moreno cry while holding a photo of their son, Jesús Iván Sepúlveda Martínez, who was shot and killed last week near Sierra Blanca as he and other migrants stopped for water. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language.

EL PASO — On Sept. 14, after a day of picking melons in a small ranching town in Durango, Mexico, with his father, Jesús Iván Sepúlveda Martínez packed a small duffel bag with some clothes and a blanket. Sepúlveda Martínez approached his common-law wife and their 6-month-old daughter and told them goodbye.

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