On February 19, in a remote, mountainous area of the desert 30 miles northeast of Douglas, Arizona, 31-year-old Carmelo Cruz Marcos was shot and killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was trying to arrest him. The story didn’t make headlines around the country. Since 1998, more than 8,000 migrants have died along the 1,954-mile border between the United States and Mexico, according to the Border Patrol, although the true figure is probably higher.
“We prayed that our ceremony of honoring his life of 31 years would bring some comfort to his family, and we resolved to continue to speak out for the reforms in immigration policy that could make it possible for fathers like Carmelo to find employment legally. Students from the Moody Bible Institute joined us. Their vision for justice and a world without violence strengthened our crying out to God, whose compassion, we pray, will bring healing to the anguish of a fatherless family and to the family of the Border Patrol agent responsible for this death.” ~ Sister Lucy Nigh
Read the whole article here: https://pres-outlook.org/2022/03/frontera-de-cristo-remembers-migrant-shot-and-killed-by-border-agent/
Sister Lucy also recently participated in a MAP experience that honored another migrant lost. Read Her Blog Post
