Migrants in Texas trailer tragedy died seeking better lives

Karen Caballero, the mother of Fernando Redondo Caballero and Alejandro Andino Caballero, who died near San Antonio after being discovered in a hot trailer full of people being smuggled into the U.S., is comforted during an impromptu conference at their home in Las Vegas, Honduras, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. Caballero's sons were among the bodies of 51 people discovered in what is believed to be the nation's deadliest smuggling episode on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Credit: AP Photo/Delmer Martínez)

LAS VEGAS, Honduras (AP) — Children set out hoping to earn enough to support their siblings and parents. Young adults who sacrificed to attend college thinking it would lead to success left their country disillusioned. A man already working in the U.S. who returned to visit his wife and children decided to take a cousin on his return to the U.S.

As families of the more than 60 people packed into a tractor-trailer and abandoned on Monday in Texas began to confirm their worst fears and talk of their relatives, a common narrative of pursuing a better life took shape from Honduras to Mexico.