They rescue a Chilean minor left in the Rio Grande on the Mexico-United States border

A minor from Chile was abandoned in the current of the Rio Grande, on the border between Mexico and the United States, but was saved this Sunday by Mexican authorities which prevented him from drowning near the northern state of Coahuila.

Federal agents from the National Institute of Migration (INM) and elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, saved the two-year-old girl from drowning. “Abandoned in the flow of the Rio Grande by adult migrants”.

As they crossed the river, through the area known as La Cortina, the migrants caught the attention of the Mexican authorities and They pointed to where the minor was, who was trying to float in the water of the riverThe Mexican authorities said in a statement from the INM.

“Immediately, the elements of the INM, depending on the Interior Ministry, and Sedena went into the water to remove it and provide first aid,” they deepened. While the Mexican authorities assisted the minor, the adult migrants took the opportunity to enter the United States and abandoned the girl.

The minor’s condition was checked and dry clothing was provided; A plastic bag containing a copy of his birth certificate, issued in Chile in October 2018, was found hidden among his clothes

As part of the protocol of the recent legislative reforms of the Migration Act, which entered into force on January 10th in favor of the best interests of children, The entity’s Office of the Boys, Girls and the Family Attorney (Pronnif) has been notified of the facts so that they assume the protection and legal assistance for the minor.

According to Mexican immigration authorities, the minor is of Chilean descent is already in the care of specialized personnel, in a family house with a permit. “From the data on the birth certificate, the INM discovered that it has a Business Card for humanitarian reasonsThe applicant for refugee status, in effectThey indicated.

Just a few days ago, on the border of the state of California with Mexico, that country’s police warned of an illegal passage of migrants via public drainage networks, WHO have already been made available to the relevant authorities to assess your case.

The Consul General of Mexico in the California city San Diego, Carlos González Gutiérrez, released a statement via his Twitter account, true confirmed the death of a fellow countryman of his and the arrest of another 17 people.

Despite the fact that the administration of Joe Biden, who took up the presidency of the United States on January 20 with the promise of comprehensive immigration reform, that country’s former ambassador to Mexico and in charge of border affairs Roberta Jacobson, warned migrants of the contractual situation from the border with the neighboring country to the south.

“We want to tell migrants that the situation at the border has not changed. You endanger yourself, your family, and your companions by jumping to get to the United States, especially in the context of a pandemic. This is not the time to come, the requirements have not changed, ”he clarified last week.

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