Border Towns Honor Fallen Migrants on Day of the Dead

Since Dia de los Muertos in 1994, the year that Operation Gatekeeper tightened border security and diverted migrants to remote and dangerous areas, artists hang art on the border fence as a way of honoring the men, women and children who lost their lives on their way to the U.S.

By Jorge Rivas Oct 31, 2012

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) begins Thursday, November 1, 2012, and ends Friday, November 2, 2012.

Since Dia de los Muertos in 1994, the year that Operation Gatekeeper tightened border security and diverted migrants to remote and dangerous areas, artists and activists have been hanging art on the border fence as a way of honoring the men, women and children who lost their lives on their way to the U.S.

These two images were taken at the U.S.-Mexico Border in Mexicali B.C. Mexico and Calexico, CA. The pictures were taken on November 10, 2009 and uploaded to Flickr by Sergio Apolinar.

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