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A survivor of the migrant trailer: ‘They couldn’t breathe’

Astrid Cardona kisses her mother Ufemia Tomás, mother of Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, during an interview in Guatemala City, Monday, July 4, 2022. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is one of the survivors of the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros) An unanswered message where a question is read "have you left Mija?" is seen on the cell phone of Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás' father, Mynor Cardona, during an interview in Guatemala City, Monday, July 4, 2022. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is one of the survivors of the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros) Mynor Cardona and Ufemia Tomas, parents of Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, smile as they talk with her through a call to the hospital where she is being treated in Guatemala City, Monday, July 4, 2022. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is one of the survivors of the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros) Mynor Cardona, Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás' father, listens to a question during an interview in Guatemala City, Monday, July 4, 2022. Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás is one of the survivors of the more than 50 migrants who were found dead inside a tractor-trailer near San Antonio, Texas. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)
A survivor of the migrant trailer: ‘They couldn’t breathe’