People move towards the Tuilelen's cemetery during the funeral of Rivaldo Jimenez Ramirez, Santa Cristina Garcia, and Ivan Gudiel Pablo in Comitancillo, Guatemala, on March 14, 2021.
On January 22, 2021, nineteen charred bodies were found on a country road in Tamaulipas, Mexico's northeastern state bordering the United States. Sixteen of the victims were Guatemalan, thirteen from the same village, Comitancillo, and the others were of Mexican descent. The bodies were inside a pickup truck, hit by 113 bullets, and burned.  
The massacre, according to investigators, would be linked to a dispute between criminal groups for the control of migrant routes. Twelve police officers are under trial for allegedly having committed the crime.
Each migrant had sold properties and incurred debts to pay up to 11 thousand dollars to a trafficker who had ensured they would have entered the United States. Their goal was to find a job to pay the debt back and send money to their families. The entire community welcomed journalists and photographers in their homes and during the three-day funeral processions hoping that, by the world knowing their suffering, such an event would not occur again.