{"id":21028,"date":"2025-06-28T05:46:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/21028\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:46:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:46:18","slug":"san-antonio-community-to-hold-vigil-in-honor-of-53-victims-in-quintana-road-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/21028\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio community to hold vigil in honor of 53 victims in Quintana Road tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 Friday marked three years since the Quintana Road Tragedy, and community members are holding a vigil Saturday morning to remember the 53 lives lost. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Authorities found 67 migrants on June 27, 2022, inside a semitruck on the Southwest Side. The discovery is considered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/27\/2-men-convicted-in-quintana-road-migrant-smuggling-tragedy-will-be-sentenced-friday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/27\/2-men-convicted-in-quintana-road-migrant-smuggling-tragedy-will-be-sentenced-friday\/\">deadliest case of human smuggling<\/a> in U.S. history. The total death toll was 53, and one of the victims was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Here\u2019s what we know about the vigil on Saturday: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>people will walk from St. Joseph Catholic Church on New Laredo Highway<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>they\u2019ll walk down New Laredo Highway and turn onto Cassin Drive<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>from Cassin Drive, they\u2019ll turn onto Quintana Road and their goal is to reach the memorial by 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\">\n<p>others are encouraged to meet at the memorial at 10 a.m. for prayer and remembrance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Angelita Olvera, the woman who upkeeps the memorial, said she hopes Saturday can be a time for the community to come together. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s just so sentimental,\u201d she said. \u201cWe pray for these souls.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Olvera said she hopes a crowd is present on Saturday to honor the victims. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe need to join together and pray, especially as to what\u2019s going on in this country,\u201d Olvera said. \u201cToday it was them. Tomorrow it might be us. The way the immigration situation is in this country right now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Flyers for the vigil on social media indicate that the memorial will run until 1 p.m. Olvera said that water and food donations are needed on the day of the event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The memorial\u2019s address is 9600 Quintana Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThanks to the advocacy of community leaders, we have a memorial where people can respectfully honor the lives lost and reflect on this tragic event,\u201d newly elected District 4 Councilman Edward Muniga said. \u201cJoining residents from across the city at this site gives us all an opportunity to pay our respects and reminds us of our common humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Related coverage on KSAT<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Friday marked three years since the Quintana Road Tragedy, and community members are holding a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,718,17802,409,17801,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-21028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-human-smuggling","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-quintana-road","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114759413589698390","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}