Whitey Ford
05-08-2022, 07:18 PM
Body of migrant child found in the Rio Grande, and his brother is still missing
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The incident began May 2 when agents encountered a husband and wife from Angola who had illegally crossed the Rio Grande about a mile west of the Del Rio International Bridge along the US-Mexico border, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.
The couple told the agents their two sons, aged 7 and 9, were swept away by strong river currents while trying to cross into the US, according to CBP.
A Del Rio Station Boat Patrol unit was deployed to the area to find the children, and the Del Rio Sector's Foreign Operations Branch contacted its law enforcement counterparts in Mexico for coordinated assistance, CBP added.
The parents were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents and processed, CBP said.
Three days later, Mexican authorities found the body of a child matching the family's description near the riverbank on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande, CBP said. The body of an adult man was also found in the area.
The family's other son has not yet been located.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/us/child-migrant-body-rio-grande/index.html
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The incident began May 2 when agents encountered a husband and wife from Angola who had illegally crossed the Rio Grande about a mile west of the Del Rio International Bridge along the US-Mexico border, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.
The couple told the agents their two sons, aged 7 and 9, were swept away by strong river currents while trying to cross into the US, according to CBP.
A Del Rio Station Boat Patrol unit was deployed to the area to find the children, and the Del Rio Sector's Foreign Operations Branch contacted its law enforcement counterparts in Mexico for coordinated assistance, CBP added.
The parents were taken into custody by Border Patrol agents and processed, CBP said.
Three days later, Mexican authorities found the body of a child matching the family's description near the riverbank on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande, CBP said. The body of an adult man was also found in the area.
The family's other son has not yet been located.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/08/us/child-migrant-body-rio-grande/index.html