On Tuesday, a Honduran migrant who had been recently deported from the United States was shot and killed in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. According to his sister, Patricia Espinal, shortly after leaving his home to purchase hair gel, Nelson Espinal, was shot 15 times by three men. The neighborhood is ran by the Barrio 18 gang, a known rival of the MS-13.  

Espinal was one of the thousands of migrants from Central America who had been leaving their respective countries in hopes for a better future. For many, like Espinal, poverty and violence were driving factors to flee to the United States.

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Espinal’s hope for a better future ended when he was detained after crossing the border illegally in Arizona. According to documents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the 28-year-old was sent back to his hometown of Tegucigalpa in late November and barred from returning for five years.

“He said that if he did not leave, they were going to kill him,” his sister said in a recent interview. “That’s why he left following the caravan.” Despite his recent deportation, Espinal planned to attempt to enter the country again in January.

Sadly, migrant fatalities are not unheard of. On Saturday, two Honduran teens from the migrant caravan where killed after leaving a refuge in Tijuana, Mexico. The migrants, aged 16 and 17, were found stabbed and strangled in an alley in the early hours of Sunday. Police, who believe the teens were killed during a robbery, have arrested two suspects.

On Wednesday, a federal judge blocked several Trump administration policies that made it harder for victims of gang and domestic violence to seek asylum in the United States.