Agents say the father's information was written on the 2-year-old boy's birth certificate.
Agents noticed the child, a Honduran national who had lost his shoe in the mud while crossing the Rio Grande, and questioned the group for information about the boy, CBP said.Smuggler Carries Girl Over 30-Foot Border Wall, Then Returns to Mexico Alone
A seven-year-old girl was abandoned by a smuggler in California after being lifted over the US/Mexico border fence, video released by DVIDS on October 12 shows. The smuggler went back over the fence to Mexico after leaving the youngster. Agents said they discovered a birth certificate on the unaccompanied boy with what appeared to be his father’s information handwritten on the back.
In the first six months of fiscal year 2022, officials said RGC agents encountered over 38,000 noncitizen unaccompanied children."Many of the unaccompanied children encountered by Border Patrol are very young and unable to provide names or phone numbers of family members," CBP said. "To locate an NUC’s next of kin, agents must rely on information written on articles of clothing or handwritten notes found among their property.
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