Alba Leticia Alvarez, mother of siamese twins known as " the Marias",
carries her daughter Maria de Jesus Alvarez at the Guatemala City
airport, May 22, 2003. She took the siamese twins to undergo medical
treatment in Los Angeles, California. Maria de Theresa (not shown) is
reported to have suffered a urine tract infection and needs to have a
catheter changed, while Maria de Jesus is in fairly good health but
will also receive a full check up. The siamese twins, born to poor
Guatemalan parents, were joined at the head and separated by doctors at
the UCLA medical center. REUTERS/Mario Linares

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