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The bodies of eight migrants were found Thursday, and 53 were apprehended trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States, including 37 who were rescued while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas, authorities said.
Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Del Rio Sector responded to a large group of people near Eagle Pass, Texas, where they apprehended the migrants.
Thirty-seven of them were rescued as they tried to cross the river into the United States. During the rescue mission, authorities found eight dead migrants, CBP said.
Two were found by Mexican authorities and another six by American agents. Authorities have partnered with the Eagle Pass Fire Department and Maverick County Sheriff’s Office to search for other victims.
Across the river, Mexican authorities took into custody another 39 people.
The incident comes as migrants continue to approach the border in a dangerous fashion. In June, 53 migrants were found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, highlighting the dangerous conditions many face as they try to cross the border illegally.
The dead included a 13-year-old and 14-year-old from Guatemala and two 16-year-olds from Mexico.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, whose district includes much of the border area, criticized President Biden over his failure to visit the border since taking office in 2021.
“53 DEAD in a truck, 53 in a river, countless dead in ditches, gullies and desert throughout #TX23…. how many more must die before Biden visits the border?” he tweeted.
As a form of protest, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the busing of migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago in an effort to highlight how overwhelmed Texas border communities have become.
As of Friday, more than 7,600 migrants have been transported to the three cities.
“President Biden’s inaction at our southern border continues putting the lives of Texans—and Americans—at risk and is overwhelming our communities,” Abbott said in a Wednesday statement as migrants were being taken to Chicago.
Government and indigenous people of Ecuador will close the first technical tables
QUITO, Sep 9 – The Government of Ecuador and the indigenous movement will close today the first five technical dialogue tables, which began almost two months ago and marked by little progress in terms of concrete agreements.
Throughout this week those debates were reinstated, with the desire to achieve the long-awaited results by the social sectors.
Subsidy focused on fuel, price control, production development, natural resources, public and private banking, are some of the issues subject to analysis and pending solution.
The day before, both delegations worked on the issues in question in order to find coincidences and reach consensus.
As of next Monday, it is planned to start the remaining tables, related to points such as education, health and national security.
The dialogue began on July 13, from the Act for Peace signed on June 30, which ended the 18-day national strike, in demands for social and economic improvements.
Both parties ratified the will to maintain the talks for the established 90 days, which concluded last October.
