A 10-month-old was found dead and 3 people are missing after a raft carrying 9 people flipped on the Rio Grande, authorities say
"What we're dealing with now is senseless tragedy," said Raul L. Ortiz, chief patrol agent of the Customs and Border Protection's Del Rio sector.
"The men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol have been doing everything in their power to prevent incidents like this," he said."And yet, callous smugglers continue to imperil the lives of migrants for financial gain." Migrants often try to cross the river, mostly in poorly constructed rafts with no safety gear, and the water can be deceptively high and fast.CBP said agents detained a man for allegedly illegally entering the United States at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday near Del Rio, Texas. He told them that the raft carrying nine people had overturned and that his baby son and nephew had been swept away, along with the other child and the man.
The agents heard the man's wife and an older son screaming in the darkness, and the two were pulled from the muddy water alive, CBP said. Another man and his 13-year-old child were rescued nearby, the agency said. The children were taken to hospitals for observation.A record number of Central American families are crossing the border, some on foot and some via the river. Last week, border agents rescued 10 people in a sinking raft in the same area, including a 3-year-old who had become separated from her mother on the Mexican side.
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