Reports of fatalities as migrants cross the border between Mexico and the US

Washington 3rd of September, Washington : There have been fatalities reported by migrants trying to cross the border between Mexico and America in certain areas in Texas authorities claimed.

US Border Patrol agents recovered six bodies, and Mexican teams found two more in the same manner, according to the report.As many as 37 other have been taken from the river in the vicinity of Eagle Pass of Texas, according to a report from the U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP).During the operation US teams detained another 16 while Mexican officials took 39 migrants into detention.

The days of torrential rainfall in the region have resulted in rapid flows in the Rio Grande, local media reported.The rapid-changing currents pose especially dangerous to children.

Five-year-old Guatemalan girl was found drowning on Monday, after she was separated from her mother as the two tried to swim through the Rio Grande to El Paso in the west of Texas according to an account by local news outlet KXAN.A three-year-old boy was discovered dead in the river this week in Maverick County in Texas The County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.

Other deaths are attributable to extreme cold or extreme heat as well as falls from hills or border walls, as well as automobile accidents according to the KXAN report.In June 53 migrants were discovered dead in the wrecked 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a major city in Texas and became one of the most deadly migrant-smuggling incidents in the recent US history.

In August, at the very least four people were found dead in Maverick County According to Schmerber.Recent data from the government show that in the Del Rio sector of the Border Patrol, which extends 395 kilometers down the Rio Grande including Eagle Pass, US officials have discovered bodies of more than 200 migrants in the months of October through July.

and in the Border Patrols El Paso sector, migrant deaths are expected to double from last year as per the KXAN report.The Border Patrol has carried out 443 rescues of migrants in the El Paso sector this fiscal year, with a toll of 63 deaths, when compared with the 39 deaths and 688 rescues in the region in the previous year, according to the report.

Schmerber said to CNN in the last week that he discovers bodies of migrants nearly every day He also predicted that 2022 could be the most deadly year for migrants who cross the southern US border.The volume of migrants trying to cross the border has been increasing and the increase in arrivals is causing more deaths, according to Schmerber.