Mexican authorities found the body of an Angolan migrant child who went missing on May 2 during an illegal border crossing near the Del Rio International Bridge. The young boy disappeared after being swept away along with his brother. The parents survived the crossing.
Del Rio Station Border Patrol agents encountered an Angolan couple who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas. The husband and wife informed the agents that their two boys, ages seven and nine, were swept away in the strong currents of the Rio Grande, according to information obtained from Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials.
A Del Rio Sector marine unit began a search of the area while officials in the Foreign Operations Branch contacted Mexican authorities to coordinate the search effort. The search did not lead to a rescue of the two missing boys.
Three days later, Mexican authorities found…
