“Are there any doctors here, or any that come around?” asked one of the SDA pastors.
Without medical treatment, likely, many of those children may not make it to the other side of the wall - a grim realization, but an honest one. There was plenty of Pedialyte to go around for hydration, but unaccompanied by a tablet of aspirin or Tylenol, it could only do so much. A case of chickenpox here, bronchitis, possibly pneumonia there, low-grade fevers, malnourishment, and heat exhaustion. You had to look closely at the line of refugee families to see it, but there were countless sick babies and toddlers. The afternoon silence was broken by the rustling of plastic bags, whispered questions asked of parents by their children, and the gleeful laughter of having new toiletries and diapers, freshly prepared hot food, and new flip-flops to wear. They will cover her cracked, weathered feet.
| Al Neal / PWĭedicated to the memory of the lives lost in El Paso on Augvictims of domestic terrorism, innocent casualties in Trump’s war against humanity and morality: Jordan Jamrowski Anchondo, 24 Andre Anchondo Arturo Benavides, 60 Javier Amir Rodriguez, 15 Leo Cimpeda Campos, 41 Maribel Hernandez, 56 David Johnson, 63 Angie Silva-Englisbee, 86 Mario Flores, 77 Raul Flores, 77 Elsa Libera Marquez, 57 Luis Alfonso Juárez, 90 Margie Reckard, 63 Sara Esther Regalado Moriel, 66, of Ciudad Juárez Adolfo Cerros Hernandez, 68, of Aguascalientes, Mexico Jorge Calvillo Garcia, 61, of Torreon, Mexico Elsa Mendoza de la Mora of Yepomera, Mexico Gloria Irma Marquez of Ciudad Juárez María Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58, of Chihuahua Juan de Dios Velázquez Chairez, 77, of Zacatecas Ivan Hiliberto Manzano, 46, of Ciudad Juárez Hiliberto Manzano, 46, from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Teresa Sanchez, 82 Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66, from Germany.Ī little girl inspects her new flip-flops.
Leading American newspapers reported that thousands of mourners attended Ortiz's funeral, one of the largest in the area's history.A girl from Honduras passes the time by watching the small world of the Ciudad Juarez refugee camp around her. He died on March 11, 1896, and was buried in the churchyard of the San José Mission near Juárez. Ortiz had tried to serve as peacemaker between opposing factions but with little success.
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His statement in 1878 for the United States Board of Inquiry on the Salt War of San Elizario is reproduced in full in the Congressional Record. Bartlett, but most of his efforts were unsuccessful. In 1850 he sought to assist many Mexican settlers in retaining their land on the Texas side of the border and requested the help of the first United States boundary commissioner, John R. Ortiz served as a Mexican congressman in 1848 and as a commissioner to New Mexico in 1849 to superintend removal of families who wished to retain their Mexican citizenship. During the years immediately preceding and following the war, he was tireless in his efforts to promote friendlier relations between the citizens of the two republics, and he extended hospitality to many American government officials, army officers, and Santa Fe traders. Alexander Doniphan to assure the safety of United States prisoners in Mexico and was taken with Doniphan's expedition to Chihuahua. During the Mexican War he was held as a hostage by Col. While Ortiz was personally benevolent towards Americans, he feared American encroachment and encouraged Mexican resistance to United States forces. After accounts of the Texan Santa Fe expedition of 1841 were published, Padre Ortiz gained wide acclaim for his benefactions to the Texan prisoners when they reached El Paso del Norte on the march to Chihuahua. Soon after becoming pastor he took in a number of family members to live in his household. From 1838 to 1896 he was pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission at El Paso del Norte (Ciudad Juárez) and the surrounding missions. Upon ordination he spent several years in Mexico ministering to Indians and mestizos at small mining villages. After attending a seminary in Durango, Mexico, he was ordained about 1833. He was orphaned as an infant and cared for by an older sister and her husband. Ramón Ortiz, pastor and activist, son of Antonio and María Teresa (Mier) Ortiz, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1813.
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