Large Mexican family mourns school shooting victim

Martin Duque Anguiano was proud JROTC member

PARKLAND, Fla. – Martin Duque Anguiano, who was a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School freshman, died Wednesday in a school massacre. He was 14.

Martin was the son of Mexican immigrants who worked in the agricultural industry near the edge of Parkland. He was one of five siblings. 

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His older brother, Miguel Duque, used to play for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's soccer team when he was a student there. 

"He was a very funny kid, outgoing and sometimes really quiet," his brother wrote on a GoFundMe account. "He was sweet and caring and loved by all of his family."

Duque was also a proud member of the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps.  

The Mexican Consulate in Miami released a statement saying they were in touch with Martin's relatives. Martin has family in Florida and in the Mexican town of Santa Teresa, about 3 hours away from Mexico City, in Guerrero, a state on the Pacific coast. 


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