Akwesasne Mohawk Police say they are working with Immigration Canada and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
On Thursday, police discovered the bodies of five adults and one child in a marshy area, and recovered the body of a second child and an adult woman on Friday.
One of the children was a Canadian citizen, and the victims are believed to be of Romanian and Indian descent. Police have not made any direct connections between the deaths of the eight migrants and a missing 30-year-old Akwesasne resident, Casey Oakes, who was last seen Wednesday night operating a boat that was found Thursday next to the bodies of the migrants.
Akwesasne straddles the Canada-U.S. border, with parts of the territory in Ontario, Quebec and New York state. Authorities say the territory’s unique geography makes it a popular spot for human smugglers, with police making 48 separate interceptions involving 80 people trying to enter the United States illegally since January.
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