The bodies of eight people were recovered from the Rio Grande after dozens of migrants were swept downriver near Eagle Pass, Texas, in what appeared to be the deadliest mass-drowning incident along the border in years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday.
The bodies of eight people were recovered from the Rio Grande after dozens of migrants were swept downriver near Eagle Pass, Tex., in what appeared to be the deadliest mass drowning along the border in years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday.CBP officials said the drownings occurred Thursday morning after a large group attempted to cross the Rio Grande, whose currents were running swiftly after several days of rain.
During the rescue effort along the river, U.S. agents recovered the bodies of six drowning victims and Mexican authorities found two others, according to CBP. The agency did not provide information about the nationalities of the victims or their ages, but families with children have been crossing through the area in recent months.The Border Patrol is working with search and rescue teams along the river “as the search continues for other possible victims,” the CBP statement said.
CBP’s Del Rio sector has been transformed since 2020 from one of the sleepiest stretches of the southern border into its busiest and most strained. Last month, U.S. agents made nearly 50,000 arrests in the Del Rio sector, the highest total along the entire Mexico border, CBP data
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