Child found dead, three other migrants missing after raft overturns in Rio Grande along Texas border - News Summed Up

Child found dead, three other migrants missing after raft overturns in Rio Grande along Texas border


Border Patrol agents park along the banks of the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Tex., in early April. Homeland Security officials said the measure will soon expand to multiple border cities and apply to migrant families. CBP agents found a man and a boy a short time later on the U.S. side of the river. Border Patrol rescue teams began searching for the three still missing, and the body of the 10-month-old was found several miles downriver Thursday morning, CBP said. [Homeland Security to test DNA of families in suspected fraud cases along border]Last year, border agents and CBP rescue teams responded to 4,300 emergencies along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to the agency.


Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 17:21 UTC



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