Six bodies, including a child, are discovered in the swamp at the migrant border crossing near the US-Canada border
Six bodies, including a child, are discovered in the swamp at the migrant border crossing near the US-Canada border in Quebec, hours after an overturned boat was spotted in the river
- Akwesasne Mohawk Police are awaiting post-mortem and toxicology results
- At least one of the deceased was a child with a Canadian passport
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The bodies of six people, including a child, were discovered in a swamp area of a river along the US-Canada border in Quebec, known as a migrant crossing point.
Akwesasne Mohawk police said late Thursday they were investigating the deaths after remains were found along the St. Lawrence River, a swampy area in Quebec near Canada’s border with New York state.
Police said they were awaiting the results of post-mortem and toxicology tests to determine the cause of death.
At least one of the deceased was a child with a Canadian passport, police chief Shawn Dulude said. The ages or nationalities of the other victims were not immediately known.
They said they were still trying to identify the dead and their status in Canada. It was not immediately known whether they were migrants trying to cross the border.
Earlier in the afternoon, police saw an overturned boat in the river.
Akwesasne Mohawk police said late Thursday it was investigating the discovery of six bodies, including a child, in the St. Lawrence River, a swampy area in Quebec near the Canadian border with New York state.
US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week announced a plan to close a loophole in an immigration deal
The first body was located around 5 p.m. in a swamp area in Tsi Snaihne, Akwesasne, Quebec,” police said in a statement posted on social media.
“There is no danger to the public at this time.”
Last month, the Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police reported a recent increase in illegal entries through their lands and waterways.
The statement said some migrants required hospitalization.
And in January, police noted that people involved in human trafficking had tried to use the banks along the area’s St. Lawrence River.
US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week announced a plan to close a loophole in an immigration deal that allowed thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to move between the two countries along a byway connecting New York state with Quebec connects.
The deal to close an illegal border crossing about 105 kilometers (66 miles) east of Akwesasne went into effect on Saturday.
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