Photojournalist Jose Cabezas visits mother of man who drowned

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Cabesas visited the Salvadoran home of Rosa Ramirez today. She’s the mother of Óscar Alberto Martinez Ramírez, who drowned in the Rio Grande this week. The photo of him facedown, hugging his daughter Valeria, went viral. 

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