Sonia Perez D., Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Mynor Cardona shows a photo on his cellphone of her daughter, Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás, at the hospital while receiving a visit, 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)

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Migrant trailer survivor: ‘They couldn’t breathe’

by Sonia Perez D. Associated PressJuly 5, 2022

GUATEMALA CITY — Simple advice from a friend to stay near the door may have saved Yenifer Yulisa Cardona Tomás from the deadly fate that befell 53 other migrants when they were abandoned trapped in a sweltering semi-trailer last week on the edge of…

Migrants walk with a Honduran flag, along a highway in hopes of reaching the distant United States, as they depart San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Hundreds of migrants have begun walking from this northern Honduras city toward the Guatemala border testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)

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Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

by Claudio Escalon Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressOctober 1, 2020

FILE - In this May 4, 2020, file photo, Guatemalans deported from the U.S., wave from a bus after arriving at La Aurora airport in Guatemala City. U.S. border agencies quickly expelled about 600 child migrants in April after federal agencies began prohibiting asylum claims at the southern border, citing the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

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Trump orders migrant youth expelled

by Nomaan Merchant Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressMay 13, 2020

Central American migrants cross the Suchiate River from Mexico to Guatemala, near Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Tuesday.

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Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

by Maria Verza Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressJanuary 21, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks during the "Presidential Social Media Summit" in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump threatens Guatemala over asylum deal

by Jill Colvin Associated Press, Sonia Perez D. Associated Press, and Paul Wiseman Associated PressJuly 23, 2019

Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The once large caravan of about 3,000 people was essentially broken up by an immigration raid on Monday, as migrants fled into the hills, took refuge at shelters and churches or hopped passing freight trains. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Migrants turn to ‘The Beast’ again

by Mark Stevenson Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressApril 25, 2019

Central American migrants traveling in a caravan to the U.S. collect water as they rest at the San Francisco Catholic church in Tonala, Chiapas State, Mexico, Tuesday.

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Migrants fearful after hundreds arrested in Mexico

by Mark Stevenson Associated Press, and Sonia Perez D. Associated PressApril 23, 2019

In this April 19, 2019 photo, Honduran migrant Madison Mendoza holds his son after taking a bath at a street in Escuintla, Chiapas State, Mexico. Thousands of migrants in several different caravans have been gathering in Chiapas in recent days and weeks. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Frustration grows among migrants as support fades

by Sonia Perez D. Associated PressApril 21, 2019

This Dec, 12 photo provided by Catarina Gomez on Thursday shows her half-brother Felipe Gomez Alonzo, 8, near her home in Yalambojoch, Guatemala. The 8-year-old boy died in U.S. custody at a New Mexico hospital on Christmas Eve.

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Father of dead Guatemalan boy heard they could cross into US

by Sonia Perez D. Associated PressDecember 27, 2018

A Central American migrant wakes up inside a church that opened its doors to members of a caravan who splintered off the main group in order to reach the capital faster, in Puebla, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. Thousands of wary Central American migrants resumed their push toward the United States on Sunday, a day after arguments over the path ahead saw some travelers splinter away from the main caravan, which is entering a treacherous part of its journey through Mexico. (AP...

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Most of leading migrant group heads for Mexico City

by Sonia Perez D. Associated PressNovember 5, 2018