Honduran Migrant Boy, 4, Found Traveling Alone by US-Mexico Border

A 4-year-old Honduran child is pictured after being rescued by agents of the National Migration Institute and members of the National Guard near the Rio Bravo, in the border city of Reynosa, Mexico, on March 30, 2021. Mexico's National Migration Institute/Handout via Reuters

MEXICO CITY—A 4-year-old Honduran boy was found traveling alone near the Rio Grande River that separates Mexico from the United States with no one to claim him, the Mexican government said on Wednesday.

Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) said the boy was found unaccompanied among trees and thickets as he walked toward the border. He was close to Reynosa, a Mexican city long troubled by violence, that sits across from McAllen, Texas.