Known for his immigrant advocacy, Iowa's Father Treviño dies at 39

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Father Guillermo Treviño, an Iowa pastor and immigrant rights advocate, has died at age 39 from complications of undiagnosed diabetes.

Treviño was remembered for his service to immigrant communities, including co-founding the organization Escucha Mi Voz Iowa.

Throughout his career, he fought for social justice, from local issues in Iowa City to national immigration policies.

On one of the final days of his life, Father Guillermo Treviño walked through Vatican City beneath a soft, silvery sky, holding aloft a towering wooden cross.

With 100 singing pilgrims following, he led the way, lifting his black cowboy hat high whenever someone strayed.

Rev. De Neice Welch, one of the pilgrims also on the trip, said she will never forget the sight of him smiling beneath th