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Venezuelan family receives closure after laying son to rest in Eagle Pass, TX after 2023 death

(8 Mar 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Eagle Pass, Texas – 6 March 2025 1. Mid of funeral ceremony held for a migrant man who drowned as he crossed the river into the U.S. in 2023. 2. Mid of United Methodist pastor, Javier Leyva shared words to comfort the family who watched from Venezuela through a private livestream. 3. Closeup on the bible 4. Mid of ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Pastor Javier Leyva, United Methodist pastor: “ Everybody deserves a decent burial. A Christian burial. Something to acknowledge their life. Okay. And just to be, you know, to bring comfort to the family. That's the whole idea.” 6. Closeup of mobile screen showing the mother of a migrant who drowned in 2023 sobbing as she participates in her son’s funeral via a cellphone video call. ASSOCIATED PRESS Zulia, Venezuela– 7 March 2025 7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Victor Garcia, Gustavo’s father, Left, Liliana Olivera, Gustavo’s mother, right (seen on camera): “Seeing the act yesterday was very sentimental and sad, but at the same time, we are able to breathe a sigh of relief.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Eagle Pass, Texas – 6 March 2025 8. Mid of casket being lowered into the ground 9. Pull focus from a dog to a framed image of the late Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares, a migrant man who drowned as he crossed the river into the U.S. in 2023. ASSOCIATED PRESS Zulia, Venezuela– 7 March 2025 10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Victor Garcia, Gustavo’s father, Left, Liliana Olivera, Gustavo’s mother, right (seen on camera): “Dad, I’m going to make it, Dad. Don’t worry because you won’t be in need anymore. I’ll buy Mom a house, and I’ll help improve your business.” ASSOCIATED PRESS Eagle Pass, Texas – 6 March 2025 11. Mid Amerika holds a portrait of the late Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares, a migrant man who drowned as he crossed the river into the U.S. in 2023. 12. Mid of caretakers place a metal cross at the gravesite 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Amerika Garcia Grewal, Border Vigil co-founder: “Maverick County is burying bodies that have been identified but not claimed. And in this case, it was a body that was identified. The family was notified, but they didn't have the funds to repatriate his remains.” 14. Mid of crosses at unmarked graves 15. SOUNDBITE (English) Amerika Garcia Grewal, Border Vigil co-founder: “The closure is very, very important. As community members were able to grieve and to say, this bothers me. But unfortunately, the Operation Lone Star soldiers, the law enforcement who are here and who are just following orders, it goes against your very human nature.” 16. Closeup on face 17. SOUNDBITE (English) Pastor Javier Leyva, United Methodist pastor: “It is tough not to be with your loved one or not being able to get the remains back home, you know, till and at least this gives them some closure to them.” 18. Tracking shot of funeral live-streaming comes to an end. 19. Mid of cross at the gravesite 20. Mid of marker placed at the gravesite STORYLINE: A small group of people people gathered on Thursday at the Maverick County Cemetery in Eagle Pass, Texas for the funeral of Venezuelan migrant Gustavo Alfonso Garcia Olivares, 24. The modest funeral service was the first for a migrant by Border Vigil, a human rights organization on the U.S.-Mexico border, one of the world's deadliest. It was streamed live to Olivares’ parents in Venezuela who last saw their son alive in a video shared by a friend showing him crouched in a corner of a fast-moving train heading to Mexico's northern border in 2023. The Trump administration and Abbott are closely aligned on the border. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...