[E. Pluribus Unum]

The moral of the story is that if her parents had stayed in Ecuador instead of entering the USA illegally their daughter would still be alive.

[ryan71]

Her parents should be charged with her death. Oh hell, what am I thinking??? It’s Bush’s fault!

[Feckless]

Stay Home - Stay Alive

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Her grandfather Cipriano Quillay flagged down a bus and watched her board. She was 12.

Her grandfather is culpable for his gross negligence in sending a child off in such an irresponsible manner. Ecuador's economy has been growing steadily and has halved the poverty rate in 10 years - the people of Ecuador can stay home and work to achieve the US standard of living. Obama and the Democrats are doing their best to reduce that standard in the meantime, so the task becomes easier every day.

[Yo-Yo]

How long before we find out that “Naomi” is a composite character who never existed?

[Kartographer]

A legal US citizen who sent their child on such a journey un-chaperone would be in jail facing any number of charges.

[yldstrk]

great parents, leave her behind at birth

eff them

poor little thing

[blueplum]

Noemi’s parents have said little publicly. Her mother, Martha V. Quillay, who works in a hair salon, spoke briefly with a reporter, then curtailed the conversation. Her father, José Segundo Álvarez Yupa, a construction worker, said it was too difficult to discuss. “These are private matters,” he said. “This is a very painful thing. It’s all over. We want to recover, we want to move on.”

the parents should be charged with child endangerment leading to manslaughter. If they were willing to pay 15-25K, to hire a coyote, they had the money to make the journey themselves. Both the parents have cash jobs but according to the grandparents, who never should have let the child go, the children received a 't-shirt' 'a $100' here and there. This is child neglect. Sending a child with a coyote is child abuse. And it's ultimately murder. For the parents to say, "it's over...we want to move on" like ThEy are the victims !!!, just floors me beyond words. Throw them in jail where they belong.