Officials on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border searched for more victims Saturday after at least nine migrants died while trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican officials discovered the victims near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Thursday, following days of heavy rains. U.S. officials recovered six bodies, while Mexican teams recovered three, according to a CBP statement. It is one of the deadliest drownings on the U.S.–Mexico border in recent history.
