After suffering a stroke, the young Nicaraguan Maryin Edemia Barrera Arce, 30 years old and originally from Cinco Pinos, Chinandega, died on December 18 in the United States, according to the organization that supports Nicaraguan migrants, Community of Nicaraguans in Texas ( TNC, for its acronym in English).
According to the information received by TNC, the girl suffered the stroke and was transferred to a care center in Texas, where she was declared brain dead.
The young Chinandegana had migrated to the United States with her two daughters in search of better living conditions, however, fate overtook her and her two girls were left orphaned in the United States.
Maryin Endemia’s family is asking for the collaboration of everyone who wants to help her to repatriate the body of their relative and give him a Christian burial in his homeland.
For this purpose, family members have enabled bank accounts, in Lafise in dollars: 107295102 and in BAC in córdobas: 330273377. They can also make contributions in the US through the Zelle application at the number +1 (713) 410-0905, in the name of Roberto Munguía.
More than 160 Nicaraguan migrants died searching for the American dream
So far in 2024, which is nearing the end, TNC has reported at least 163 migrants who have died on US soil or en route there. Only in the first 19 days of December, seven deaths have been reported through the humanitarian organization.
A statistical analysis carried out by Article 66 of the deaths of unique migrants in the United States, based on reports made by TNC, indicates that, as of November 30, 156 compatriots had been reported dead in those lands.
Of the total number of deaths, 126 were men and 30 women. Almost half (77) of the Nicaraguan migrants who perished in the United States or in transit to that country from Mexico were between 18 and 45 years old.
In addition, it was identified that there were eight deaths of people between the ages of 46 and 66, and another four related to cases of minors. Also, there were 39 deaths in which the ages of the victims were not specified.
