Mexican authorities announced that they found the body of Ecuadorian citizen Marco Bonilla, 24, who had disappeared while trying to cross the Rio Grande on the border between Mexico and the United States.
Bonilla was in the company of her partner and her five-year-old son and whose story was revealed last Thursday after being rescued by the Beta Group in the middle of the tributary and with signs of hypothermia.
In statements collected by Telemundo, the 5-year-old boy, Jonathan, recounted that his “daddy drowned and died.” He was on his father’s shoulders and they tried to cross the river, but in the middle of the flow they realized how deep it was.
“My daddy drowned and died”, the tragic story of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy who migrated with his family to the United States
The search came to an end and the Beta Group, Civil Protection and the Coahuila Secretary of Security participated in it.
In an Azteca publication it was indicated that Bonilla was wearing a black sweatshirt with a cap, black pants and shoes.
On February 2, the Mexican authorities also reported the rescue of 97 foreigners of different nationalities from the side of a highway in the state of Oaxaca. 36 of these were Ecuadorians and the rest were Venezuelans, Cameroonians, among others. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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