Nine Venezuelan family members landed at the Salt Lake City airport with nowhere to go. This is their journey.

The family trekked through the jungle, waded across the Rio Grande and rode to New York before landing in Utah’s capital.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Yulianny Escudero with her 1-year-old granddaughter, Aranza, in a Salt Lake City motel on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Yulianny Escudero with her 1-year-old granddaughter, Aranza, in a Salt Lake City motel on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

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