119 Migrants Pushed Across Rio Grande During Dangerous Storms
119 Migrants Pushed Across Rio Grande During Dangerous Storms
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14 May 2021
Human smugglers moved a large group of migrants across the Rio Grande during dangerous storms on Wednesday morning, Border Patrol officials stated. The 119 migrants from six countries consisted of family units and unaccompanied alien children.
Weslaco Station Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector patrolling the border river came in contact with a group of 119 migrants. Human smugglers pushed the migrants across the river during dangerous storms, according to information provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.
The agents classified the migrants as 93 family units and 26 noncitizen unaccompanied children, officials stated. The foreign nationals came to the U.S. from Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.