Venezuelan migrant believes wife, son among 23 drowned in attempt to reach Trinidad
Wednesday 16 December 2020
From his home in Central Trinidad, this migrant chats with his mother who is in Venezuela on Wednesday. He believes his wife and 10-year-old son were among 23 people who drowned in the sea off Guiria on the weekend while trying to reach Trinidad. - Lincoln Holder
Longing to see his family, a 51-year-old Venezuelan migrant was elated on December 6 when his wife and ten-year-old son boarded a boat from Guiria, Venezuela, to make the treacherous voyage to Trinidad.
He believes his wife, Christa Linda, 36, and their son, Christian Jose (last names withheld) were among the group of Venezuelans who died in a shipwreck off the coast of Guiria last week.
Grieving migrant: Help me to help my surviving family
Thursday 17 December 2020
From his home in Central Trinidad, this migrant chats with his mother who is in Venezuela on Wednesday. He believes his wife and 10-year-old son were among 23 people who drowned in the sea off Guiria on the weekend while trying to reach Trinidad. - Lincoln Holder
The Venezuelan migrant who lost his wife and ten-year-old son in the recent shipwreck off Guiria, Venezuela, is trying to be strong for the rest of the family.
Heartbroken and hopeless, the 51-year-old man, who lives in central Trinidad, hopes at least to send food for the rest of his family.