10-Month-Old Baby Found Dead, 3 Missing After Raft Flips While Crossing Southern Border

10-Month-Old Baby Found Dead, 3 Missing After Raft Flips While Crossing Southern Border
Agents on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection boat rescue a woman and child who got stuck attempting to cross the Rio Grande into the United States illegally at Eagle Pass, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2019. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
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A 10 month-old baby was found dead and three others are still missing after a raft overturned on the Rio Grande river as a group of people tried to cross the U.S.-Mexico border on May 1, according to border patrol officials.

Authorities said a man they detained for crossing the southern border illegally informed them that he was part of a group that attempted to cross the river in a rubber raft. He said the raft carrying nine people capsized, and its occupants fell into the cold and fast-flowing waters, according to a statement.