Migrant Death Toll Rises to Eight After Bodies of Child, Adult Found in Akwesasne

Migrant Death Toll Rises to Eight After Bodies of Child, Adult Found in Akwesasne
A police boat searches the area in Akwesasne, Que., Mar. 31, 2023. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Police in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne said Friday they had found the bodies of two more people, including an infant, who were among a group of migrants who died trying to cross into the United States.

Authorities on Thursday had found the bodies of five adults and one child—members of two families of Romanian and Indian descent—in a marshy area of the St. Lawrence River. Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border and parts of the territory are in Ontario, Quebec and New York state.