S.A. snapshots: Mural honors migrants

👋 Megan here. On my recent amble along the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River, I stopped to see a new mural at Mission County Park.

Zoom in: The mural honors the 53 immigrants who died in 2022 in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer found on the South Side.

• Local artists Adrian De La Cruz, Andrea V. Rivas and Mauro De la Tierra created the work through local arts nonprofit Luminaria.
• Bexar County funded the $40,000 project with the support of Precinct 1 Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores, per the San Antonio Report.

What they're saying: "We spent many hours doing research on the migrant experience," De La Cruz said recently when unveiling the mural.

• "We wanted just the memory of the struggle of coming over here, of sacrificing everything for a better future," Rivas said.
• The monarchs represent immigration as a natural process, De la Tierra said.