A 5-year-old woman has drowned whereas making an attempt to cross the Rio Grande to enter Texas, Mexico's Nationwide Immigration Institute stated Tuesday.
The woman was making an attempt to cross the river together with her mom Monday, when the present swept her away. KVIA-TV reported the mom and baby have been from Guatemala.
The mom instructed rescuers she was holding her baby, however the present swept her daughter out of her arms.
The kid's physique was discovered downstream close to Ciudad Juarez, throughout the border from El Paso, Texas.
4 different migrants from South America have been additionally discovered trapped within the river close by and brought to security.
In a separate incident, the U.S. Border Patrol stated Tuesday it had rescued a person from Venezuela attempting to cross the Rio Grande illegally. The particular person was "struggling to remain afloat as a consequence of sturdy currents and have become stranded on one of many pillars" on the the Americas Bridge.
Border Patrol brokers have been in a position to rescue the person and produce him aboard the airboat to security. He was evaluated and brought into custody for processing.
Final month, CBS DFW reported Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol brokers saved two migrants who have been discovered unresponsive and floating within the Inspiration Canal close to Mission, Texas.
Migrant rescues are frequent within the river alongside the Texas border, and the tried crossings are additionally generally lethal.
In April, a Texas Nationwide Guard member died after going into the river alongside the U.S.-Mexico border to assist two migrants who seemed to be drowning within the Rio Grande.
In 2019, a tragic photograph confirmed a younger father and his daughter who died attempting to cross the Rio Grande in south Texas.