POYNTER – 26/06/2019
Kelly McBride
Journalists sometimes find themselves in the position of showing their audience a truth they would prefer not to see.
That is the spot the Associated Press found itself this week, when the wire service acquired the photo of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his 23-month-old daughter, Valeria. The Salvadoran father and daughter were found Monday morning face down and drowned in the Rio Grande. They are now the image of the consequences of American policies at the southern border. The AP reported that Ramírez and his family had planned to apply for legal asylum, but found the border crossing closed and decided instead to swim across the river.