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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
A 9-year-old girl from Mexico drowned while trying to illegally cross into the United States, officials said this week.
The girl, who wasn’t named, was on March 20 crossing the Rio Grande River with an adult woman from Guatemala and the woman’s child, a 3-year-old Mexican native.
