A 2-month-old baby was reportedly found abandoned near the United States-Mexico border last week.
Chief Patrol Agent Gloria I. Chavez shared an image to social media with the baby’s face blurred, writing that the child had been left at the Rio Grande City area.
“This is a chilling reminder of how children are being exploited by human smugglers & criminal organizations every day,” Chavez wrote.
According to reports, the infant was believed to have been a boy, with no further information released by border patrol.
From ABC 10 News:
According to a September report from UNICEF, children have been migrating through countries in Central and South America, along with the Caribbean, at historically high levels. Key migration routes include through the treacherous Darien jungle between the north of Colombia in South America into Panama in Central America. Also, migration has increased in other key areas in Central America and into Mexico which borders the United States.