El Salvador President Says Drowning of Migrants in Rio Grande ‘Our Fault’

El Salvador President Says Drowning of Migrants in Rio Grande ‘Our Fault’
President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Feb. 3, 2019. Jose Cabezas/Reuters
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The president of El Salvador said that the drowning deaths of a Salvadorean man and his 23-month-old daughter were “our fault.”

A picture showing the father and daughter facedown in the river went viral, fueling fresh cries for laxer enforcement on the border of the United States of Mexico.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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