A nine-year-old boy dies on the border between Mexico and the United States

A nine-year-old boy has died while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States with his mother and three-year-old brother, according to the US Border Patrol. The United States found the minor, his mother and his brother unconscious on March 20, according to a statement released by the body. The three members of these families were stranded on an island on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, so the agents They came to their rescue. While they were being transported to the coast, they tried to revive them with first aid techniques, so that the mother, from Guatemala, and another child under three years old, from Mexico, regained consciousness. The nine-year-old had to be transferred to Eagle Pass Fire Department Emergency Medical Services, the minor did not respond and was pronounced deceased by doctors, according to the Pat statement. “We extend our condolences to the family and friends of this little boy,” said Del Rio Sector Patrol Chief Austin Skero II. Since the beginning of fiscal year 2021, on October 1, Border Patrol agents from the Del Río Sector have rescued more than 500 migrants who were trying to enter the U.S. illegally, as the United States works to curb the migratory flow at the southern border with Mexico, where about 530 arrive. Unaccompanied minors every day. Thus, the US authorities have confirmed that more than 17,000 unaccompanied minors are in custody in the country.The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security have updated the number of unaccompanied children at the border, to detail that as of Wednesday there were almost 12,000 migrant children seeking asylum in government-run care centers. in custody of the Customs and Border Protection Office, waiting in facilities not suitable for children to be transferred to other centers, according to ‘The Washington Post’.