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Honestly, I wasn't sure how to post this, but the story needs to be told...I'm sure there are some very strong reactions to the nature of this missing person's case.
http://www.nbc4i.com/story/29077363/16-year-old-goes-missing-during-border-crossingCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Yesenia Salazar says she used all her savings and borrowed from friends and relatives to put together the $15,700 she needed to smuggle her three children in from Mexico.
The two younger children, 8-year-old Clara and 10-year-old Natanael made it to Columbus but 16-year-old Everaldo did not.
"Yes, I regret it because my oldest son didn't make it," Salazar told NBC 4 through a translator.
Salazar says she paid the money to Eloisa Perez, a small business owner on the west side of Columbus. But Perez told NBC 4 her only involvement was transporting the children from Texas to Ohio, a service for which she was paid $1,700. Perez says she had nothing to do with the children crossing the border. "I don't know how they did it but I just met the guy who bring me the kids and told me the other kid - he didn't want to come," Perez said.
But Salazar does not believe Everaldo willingly stayed behind. I didn't believe it because he wanted to come, Salazar said.
Salazar says her children crossed from Reynosa, Mexico to McAllen, Texas in mid-April.