Breaking: Four missing, including three children, after raft carrying migrants overturns along Texas border
U.S. border agents are searching for three children and an adult who are missing after their raft flipped over Wednesday night on the Rio Grande during an attempt to cross the border near Del Rio, Tex., two Department of Homeland Security officials said.
Drownings and migrant rescues along the Rio Grande are a regular occurrence, but the dangers have increased in recent weeks because the river is swollen with spring runoff at a moment when record numbers of Central American families are attempting to cross — typically in flimsy dinghies with no safety gear.
According to preliminary accounts, the raft overturned with nine Central American migrants aboard while attempting to cross the river into Texas about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday. Nearby U.S. border agents encountered three members of the group and rescued two others, including a child, who managed to reach a small island in the middle of the river.
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