POTENTIAL MARKET FOR TRANSPORTING BODIES BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND IS GROWING IN U.S.
By Hiram Soto, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

When the cousins of Narciso Díaz died in a car accident in Temecula recently, the Mexican gardener did what many poor families do to bury their dead: ask for help.

After turning to a Los Angeles radio station, the 23-year-old immigrant was able to raise a small part of the thousands of dollars needed to return the bodies of his relatives to their native state of Chiapas. As is often the case, the rest of the bill would have been paid by the Mexican government, which spends millions annually on the repatriation of bodies.

But then something unprecedented happened.

A company looking to introduce a repatriation service offered to pay for the return of the cousins' bodies as a way to promote its products. It then promptly contacted the media.

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