Two abandoned unaccompanied minors from Guatemala were discovered by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials near the Texas border on July 3.
The two minors, aged 8 and 11, told troopers they were abandoned by a female adult along the edge of the Rio Grande River at Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, DPS spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez wrote on Twitter.
According to the children, the unidentified female had left them at the edge of the river in Mexico and told them to cross it.
“Children who are smuggled/trafficked across the Texas-Mexico border continue to be exploited and left abandoned in dangerous situations,” Olivarez wrote, adding that Texas DPS has recovered more than 900 children during smuggling and trafficking-related events….